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Peter Schiff
Posted on 08/29/2021 11:20:57 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Covid-19 has disrupted supply chains for the past year and a half. We’ve seen shortages of our favorite things, from ketchup to coffee—but many people hoped that with vaccinations and the world reopening, those woes were behind us.
The Delta variant has other plans that could upend the holiday shopping season.
Countries at the heart of retail manufacturing, such as Vietnam and Indonesia, are being swept away by surges of the highly transmissible Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus. Popular clothing and shoe brands with factories in these countries, including Nike and Gap, are scrambling to find alternative solutions.
These supply-chain problems are piling on top of other issues that have caused disruption for most of the pandemic. Combined, they’re predicted to cause further headaches for retailers and shoppers alike.
Here’s what shoppers should know—and why you might want to start holiday shopping earlier this year.
Vietnam’s initial defense against the virus has been described as “one of the world’s most successful,” but the country is now battling the Delta variant. Factories are being forced to shut down or drastically reduce the number of workers on-site each day. Indonesia is experiencing a similar reality—which means the retail supply chain is on its way to further severe delays.
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This would be a good year to buy “Made in the USA” only.
I do not see the problem. Buy American and you’ll just be fine.
Too late. Already done. Mrs rktman is like that.
Planned. Harris told the dumb masses to Christmas shop now.
The least of my concerns, but I suspect inflation will ruin it anyway for most, even if the supply chains improved.
If the deep state operatives deliberately slowing supply chains were to stop their little games, then the supply chain problems truly caused by “covid” would be negligible.
Foils their bottom line. I’m fine.
Oh good. “Holiday” is coming again.
Nobody should be buying Nike made in China crap anyway.
I wasn’t planning to feed the beast.
Can you explain how exactly deep state operatives as you call it are slowing the supply chain? Governors (both Repuke and Demon) shut down the states which in turn killed small business. Thrown in there shipping lanes backed up for miles on the ocean trying to get through customs and you’ve got yourself a bonified mess.
No big deal. I don’t buy Christmas presents anyway. There’s only me, and my two sons, and I give them both money. They’re too old to try to buy gifts for anyway.
You’re thinking way too small.
I’m talking about the “plan” part of PLANDEMIC.
Same here. Wife does Christmas shopping before Fall.
Ahhh gotcha
We haven’t done holiday shopping in years. And we pretty much have everything we want or need. Maybe the occasional spare parts.
Good! I don’t recall the verse in the Bible where Jesus says you should worship him by buying cr*p from China.
Well gee, ya think we can now focus on just who’s birthday we’re celebrating?
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