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Home office equipment sales booming. A lot of those purchases were for children stuck inside and off school from march 22 but adults joined in too. Year of the staycation is a boon for b c s outdoor equipment industry ban on non essential travel in b c. Working from home is the new working at the office and home office equipment sales are booming locally and with overseas online retailers this has resulted in shortages for items such as web cameras headsets and printers. Dixons carphone said it had seen very good sales of equipment for home working laptops printers for home entertainment tvs gaming consoles and for home living fridges freezers kitchen.
Fires up sales of bikes camping and hunting gear. We all know that zoom is booming but what other businesses are seeing a benefit from changing consumer behaviours during lockdown. Retailers have increased their prices across multiple categories and have reduced the. Sales at harvey norman s australian and new zealand stores have soared throughout march thanks to a surge in demand for whitegoods and home office equipment as australians bunker down through the.
Wesfarmers sales growth was particularly pronounced at officeworks and bunnings as many aussies continue to work and learn from home. At officeworks there was a high demand for home office. Working from home is the new working at the office and home office equipment sales are booming locally and with overseas online retailers this has resulted in shortages for items such as web. According to gov uk up to 4 million brits are working from home every day and now new data shows the uk is experiencing a huge increase in demand for home office equipment.
A look at the city s sales tax revenues shows just how much people shopped at home during the pandemic.