Seasonal & Holidays
Global Supply Chain: It's Not Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Currently, at one store, the shelves are empty, just as the holiday shopping season is heading into full swing.
CHICAGO (CBS) — “These racks, normally on this date in this season, would be completely filled all the way to the ceiling,” said Joe Kane, who owns Treetime with his wife, Laurie. “Normally we would have everything stocked in house and actually we haven’t received even a single tree for this season.” Currently, at Treetime, the shelves are empty, just as the holiday shopping season is heading into full swing.
The global pipeline that sends, clothes, toys, electronics and, yes, Christmas decorations, into the United States is clogged. Problems that started when the coronavirus pandemic shut down everything are continuing. There are currently about 100 cargo ships docked off the California coast.
