Customer shopping habits pop back to the 70s, says John Lewis

Retailer's annual How We Shop, Live & Look report shows shoppers are snapping up 70s-influenced furniture and fashion. Macrame pouffe, anyone?

Crank up the Demis Roussos, break out the stuffed olives and warm the Black Tower. Britain is getting its Abigail's Party started as we return to the 1970s in our shopping habits, according to John Lewis.

With sales of vinyl records soaring, John Lewis' annual survey of its customers shopping habits reveals retro-technology including record players and wall clocks are returning to homes being decorated in the brown and orange tones of Mike Leigh's 1977 play about a suburban drinks party.