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Sat 17 Jul 2021 02.00 EDT
Retailers are running out of camping equipment and family tents as the Covid-19 pandemic puts a dampener on foreign trips and Britons search for affordable holiday alternatives.
Sports retailer Decathlon said it had already sold out of all its own-brand camping chairs and expected to run out of its top-of-the-range family tents within the next few weeks.
“We have been surprised how strong performance has been,” said Chris Allen, Decathlon’s head of camping, referring to several weeks of very rainy weather across the UK. “This year has been really strong, we think the strongest ever for the sector.”