Albert Camus

the Corona-Virus pandemic rages on, many traders see trading collapse, but others are overwhelmed by the demand.

"We are not so well attended as At Christmas ," says the owner of the online coffee business, "we sell twice. "

A outdoor games supplier is in the same position: "We sold a Table Tennis table They are the new toilet roll. "

While the family is stuck At Home , you are interested in finding ways to keep your mind and body active, well-nourished, and refreshed, as though their purchasing decisions show.

So, what is booming?

1. Bicycles and exercise equipment

Whether for Training or for safe travel, Bicycle sales accelerate.

"people think, I want independence," says Will Butler-Adams, chief executive of the folding bike company Brompton.

"I think sales in the UK are in the industry of around 15%. "

Meanwhile, the London Cycle Workshop is twice as busy as normal, to avoid maintenance of older bikes for customers to try, to do the Public Transport or "looking for something".

retailer Halfords reporting a rise in sales of bicycles, namely: “people do not want to exercise in the situation, inside. "

Toby Clark, of Mintel Market Research , says that his team are reported in the "really high sales of home fitness equipment, such as the people try to compensate for the fact that you can now get in The Gym ".

John Lewis back up. The Department Store has seen a "significant uplift" in the home gym equipment and other fitness products.

2. Outdoor and indoor games

games supplier Andy Beresford says that his entire stock of outdoor Table Tennis -sold tables and a delivery due This Week is already sold.

"I've sold 124 tables in The Last week, he says, "In the same week Last Year , I sold only 15. "

orders fell, when the government declared the schools would have to close.

Andy, whose business Home leisure Direct are based just outside of Bristol, it has sold a "lot" of pool tables as well.

His pool table-share price has halved from 500 to 250.

3. Home and garden elements

Phil Jones from JustSeed in Wrexham, which sells a wide range of seeds, he says, had to stop taking orders after a rush for staples, including carrots, lettuce, beans and tomatoes.

"It's just The Sheer amount is," he says, "We start with a massive wave. "

Two of the largest Seed companies, Marshalls and Suttons, have to answer off The Phone .

For some buyers, it is a concern about fresh vegetables with a short, but Phil many thinks are just on the lookout for a activity.

"you have to do for importance to the veg patch for years and it is something educational to do with the children," he adds.

Another dealer, Franchi seeds, has to say on his website temporarily: "the people are in a panic-buying".

Inside, More people to sew and knit as a way to the boredom of captivity.

the London Department Store , Liberty says, sales of Sewing Accessories are currently being increased to 380% over the previous year, while purchases from your craft kits 228%.

4. Reading

Further persecution, which is popular with people who have time on their hands, now settle down with a good book. And, perhaps surprisingly, fictional accounts of epidemics are in great demand.

At Number Two in the Amazon UK chart of best-selling books of the week, The Eyes of darkness by Dean Koontz . Although it was written in 1981, it is a virus by the name of Wuhan-400, in what seems to be an eerie prediction of the coronavirus describes.

Another novel that sells well is The Plague by the French author Albert Camus . British publisher Penguin says its sales in The Last February-were week-150% on the previous year and it is the emphasis of The Book . Their sales also increased in France and Italy.

5. Household electrical appliances

As a supermarket bosses have told us, it will be started together, as 1 billion pounds worth of food in our homes than before the storage rush.

But where is it all going? You have somewhere to store.

As a result, freezers and refrigerators have zoomed up The List of products that people are looking at online market places.

It is a rush for laptops as well as office equipment, because many will not find that slouching on the sofa is The Best way to work.

Dixons Carphone said it had seen Very Good sales of the devices for the domestic work (laptops, printers) for Home Entertainment (TV, game consoles) and for living At Home (refrigerators, freezers, kitchen equipment) figures with same-store sales up 23%.

6. Coffee

Rave coffee, sale of exotic coffee from an industrial unit in Cirencester, is to cope with More staff, as the demand has doubled.

"We have 11 employees and we need five," says Vikki Hodge, who runs The Business .

"buy to deliver the people of our coffee for your office, now you can get it At Home ," Vikki explains.

"Where I had only an office order, I could order 10 people from your Living Room . "

Small companies ‘fight'

But the company will remain in crisis, in danger.

Andy from home leisure Direct says it has stopped orders for table-tennis-tables, after the factories closed in France, Spain and Italy.

"I think we go into the lockdown before The End of the week," he says, "I'm going to moth-ball The Business . "

Andy has 40 employees, many of whom have no work to do, so that he intends to seek state funding to help with the salaries.

Vikki from Rave coffee is quite aware of the fact that the company, you are on your industrial Park in Cirencester, to the to shut down.

"I see the fear in their faces. They are struggling small businesses," she says.

she believes, not just to the provision of More jobs. It comes to the provision of financing for companies in need of help.

"We pay our tax and the wage tax (paye) at the time," Vikki added: "It goes in the pot to help you. "

Source of news: bbc.com