Home Bargains have stopped accepting new online orders this week due to high demand. Interesting that an essential retailer with stores open is still receiving such high online sales - indicative of what's to come in the runup to Christmas?

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Interesting that DIY, Baking, and Food Prep products are being singled out as vulnerable to supply issues due to their sustained popularity over COVID.

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With ~9.3m Londoners, ~1.8m from Essex, and 300k from parts of Hertfordshire joining the 23m already in tier 3, that's now more than half the UK living under the toughest levels of restrictions

Halfords now facing a period of reduced motoring and cycling demand, owing to the lockdown and the seasonal decline in cycling over winter. Already warning that cycling "may not fully offset the [lockdown's] impact on motoring".

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