Waitrose has stopped selling shoe polish – after the shift to home-working led to a fall in demand for shiny office shoes.
The supermarket chain confirmed it had ditched the classic cleaning product ‘to make way for new product launches’.
Lockdown has already seen a slump in sales of everything from high-heel shoes to alarm clocks, ironing boards, lunchboxes and lipstick, according to research by the John Lewis group.
There has been a fall in demand for shoe polish, leading it to being taken off Waitrose shelves
Meanwhile cobblers Timpson, which has many supermarket outlets, recently confirmed that demand for shoe repair had also collapsed despite launching an online service.
A doctor with a patient at Morris Woodford medical clinic in Grimsby
Credit: Daniel Leal-Olivas /PA
SIR – As a retired GP, I wholeheartedly agree with Philip Johnston (Comment, March 31) that online GP consultations are not a satisfactory replacement for face-to-face ones.
Among my friends, since lockdown began I am aware of six missed or incorrect diagnoses as a result of remote consultations. All had serious consequences, including an avoidable six-month stay in hospital.
An image is no substitute for a hand on the tummy. Online consultations have a place but they must be used selectively.
Dr John Statham
SIR – About five years ago, while speaking to my GP about statins, she suddenly said that my neck seemed swollen on one side. I hadn’t noticed.
‘social distancing’, we’ve warned in past stories that we should get ourselves prepared for
‘the next big deal’, with globalists endlessly scheming the best way to complete their
‘end game’, the complete takedown of the American Republic and all of our God-given Rights that are merely
‘protected’ by the US Constitution.
(Article by Stefan Stanford republished from AllNewsPipeline.com)
So with one US state after another bringing an end to some part of their
‘Covid-controls’, many ANP readers have recently brought up in several different ANP comment sections what appears to be
‘the next big thing‘ on the horizon, and if they’re right, America is about to enter a completely different
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