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What has dipped in price this week?

Earpods

11% cheaper on average than last week

Turntables

10% cheaper on average than last week

Women’s perfume

15% cheaper on average than last week

Hiking backpacks

9% cheaper on average than last week

Inkjet printers

12% cheaper on average than last week

Stand mixers

10% cheaper on average than last week

This is a good week to think about buying...

Electric toothbrush

While we might not be thinking so much about teeth this weekend as we dive into an Easter Egg or two, it is a really good time to consider investing in an electric toothbrush.

The average price in April is just £65, compared to £73 in August. Prices dip down again in September, so if you’re not quite ready to invest in your pearly whites just yet, there is no need to panic!

This week, we reckon UK consumers will be buying...

Gardening items

If you’ve caught any of Your Garden Made Perfect on BBC1 , you might be among the many Brits who are spending more and more time and money on transforming your outside space.

Despite this weekend’s chill, spring is under way and many of us will be on the hunt for gardening tools, be they mowers, barrows, shears, rakes or trowels.

Garden centres have been classed as “essential retail” under recent rules, so gardening has been one of the few pastimes that has remained possible during the pandemic, with many more people taking an interest in everything outdoors.