Rethinking supply chains

Rethinking supply chains

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Rethinking supply chains
Rethinking supply chains
Retailers ask where's my stuff?

Retailers ask where's my stuff?

Consumers out of luck at some retail stores and websites during the holiday season

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Cathy Roberson
Jan 17, 2022
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Unlike the 2020 holiday season in which the pain was in the last mile, the pain in the 2021 holiday season was further upstream in the supply chain.

Many retailers’ inventory ear-marked for the holiday season sat on a ship, in a container waiting to be picked up, or was snapped up quickly by consumers ahead of the 2021 holiday season.

As such, the latest …

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