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Hot topic: How many of us own fans?

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

3 August 2019

9:00 AM

Growing fanbase

A photograph of the Queen meeting Boris Johnson revealed that she uses a Dyson electric fan. How many of us own fans?
— Sales of electric fans rose from 471,403 in 2008 to 648,829 in 2017, according to Prodcom figures collected by the Office for National Statistics.
— The retailer AO.com reported that sales rose six-fold during last week’s heatwave compared with a week earlier.

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