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Britons Get Through Lockdown With Sewing, Tequila and Kimchi
- Sales of elastic soar as people make their own face masks
- Consumers experiment with cocktails as pubs remain closed
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British consumers have spent their six weeks of coronavirus lockdown sewing, drinking cocktails, carrying out home beauty treatments and eating large quantities of kimchi.
That’s according to a report from John Lewis Partnership Plc on the nation’s shopping behavior since March 23, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson told everyone to stay at home unless absolutely necessary. The partnership, which owns the John Lewis department store and Waitrose grocery chains beloved by the British middle classes, said “day-to-day life for Brits across the U.K. has been transformed as we’ve adapted to new ways of living.”