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.