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With our social lives on hold for most of the past 18 months, it’s no surprise our consumer habits turned to cosyAs the pandemic at times reduced our worlds to four walls, slippers, pizza ovens and hot tubs became some of the must-have items in the year we all stayed at home.The John Lewis retail report, which identifies the key shopping trends of the past 12 months, reveals shoppers “couldn’t get enough of slippers”, with sales up 13%. Even with feet hidden from view on Zoom, Britons were not content with bog-standard slip-ons. John Lewis now sells more than 200 styles of slippers, having increased the size of its range by a fifth to include designer brands and the latest trends, which this winter included sheepskin slingbacks and glamorous bejewelled faux fur. The bestselling pair were sheepskin-lined mules from Ugg that cost £80. Continue reading...