Toilet roll sales soar by nearly 1,000% on Amazon

Toilet roll sales have gone through the roof on Amazon in the first two weeks of March following panic buying as concerns over coronavirus grow. 

Sales for a specific 27-pack of 1,000-sheet toilet paper were up 944% compared to the same period in 2019, according to Guru Hariharan, CEO of CommerceIQ which helps brands sell on Amazon.

Meanwhile sales of many packaged goods, including cereal, aspirin, and batteries, more than doubled compared to a year ago.  

Accrol Group Holdings PLC (LON:ACRL) manufacture a wide range of household and away-from-home paper products from our purpose built production facility in Lancashire.

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