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IKEA's North American stores are hardest hit by supply chain crunch as it struggles to fill its shelves: World's biggest furniture brand is hiring more ships, containers and re-routing goods between warehouses(All retailers affected for years to come....)
The Daily Mail ^ | 10-14-2021 | NATASHA ANDERSON

Posted on 10/15/2021 11:45:36 AM PDT by Vendome

Like most retailers, IKEA is feeling the impacts of the supply chain crunch and struggling to fill its shelves, with company executives saying the brand's North American stores have been hardest hit by product shortages.

The company is also reducing the number of versions of some products as it struggles with raw materials shortages to ensure its most popular items are available. 

Jon Abrahamsson, chief executive at brand owner Inter IKEA, predicts the supply chain crisis to continue well into 2022,...

The supply chain crisis is impacting all major retailers worldwide and,..., the biggest challenge for IKEA currently is getting goods out of China, where roughly a quarter of brand's products are made.

Ben Weaver, 27, from Kalamazoo, Michigan, told the Wall Street Journal: 'I went to Lowe's, Home Depot, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods and I'm already seeing the Christmas stuff replace the Halloween stuff which is ridiculous.

'I'm like, 'hello, are we just skipping Halloween this year?''' 

Consumers are already battling empty shelves and canceled orders weeks ahead of Halloween festivities (Pictured: Empty Halloween aisles at Target in Florida on Wednesday)

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: china; go; ikea; let; my; people
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"I am a simple Caveman. Your modern ways frighten and confuse me..."
1 posted on 10/15/2021 11:45:36 AM PDT by Vendome
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To: Vendome

Cry me a river about how hard it is to get cheap crap from China right now.


2 posted on 10/15/2021 11:48:13 AM PDT by MercyFlush (IT’S NOT A VACCINE. Once you accept this then everything else starts to make sense.)
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To: Vendome

It’s trapped on Containers at sea


3 posted on 10/15/2021 11:48:13 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Vendome

Other than people losing their jobs, would anyone’s life be adversely impacted if IKEA bit the dust?


4 posted on 10/15/2021 11:49:48 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: Vendome

LISTEN: Someone just paged EMPTY SHELVES JOE at the airport
https://rumble.com/vnr36h-someone-just-paged-empty-shelves-joe-at-the-airport.html


5 posted on 10/15/2021 11:53:48 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Rebelbase

They are one of the wokiest companies, no doubt the same goes for their employees so boofreakinhoo!


6 posted on 10/15/2021 11:54:49 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: MercyFlush

Made In America ain’t trapped on a container ship right now.


7 posted on 10/15/2021 11:55:02 AM PDT by Republican in occupied CA (I will not give up on my native State! Here I was born, here I fight and die!!)
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To: Vendome

“IKEA’s North American stores are hardest hit by supply chain crunch as it struggles to fill its shelves: World’s biggest furniture brand is hiring more ships, containers and re-routing goods between warehouses(All retailers affected for years to come....)”

landfills everywhere cheer ...


8 posted on 10/15/2021 11:56:41 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Rebelbase

“would anyone’s life be adversely impacted if IKEA bit the dust?”

sure. municipalities might have to shrink their solid waste and landfill operations ...


9 posted on 10/15/2021 11:57:31 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Vendome

Screw IKEA. They are the liberalist of the libs! The wokeist of the woke! Nothing but a bunch of commies. Choke on it IKEA


10 posted on 10/15/2021 11:59:00 AM PDT by albie
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Good. This vile liberal/progressive in you face Netherland company can suffocate and die with no tears from me.


11 posted on 10/15/2021 12:14:19 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Rebelbase

At least there’s fake cats still on the shelves!


12 posted on 10/15/2021 12:16:52 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SaveFerris

The photo of empty shelves is from the Halloween decorations section. Is that really a tragedy?


13 posted on 10/15/2021 12:19:56 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Were State Dept. Havana Syndrome victims the guinea pigs of 5G/graphene oxide "vaccine" tests?)
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To: Rebelbase

Exactly!

🤪😊😂😅🤣😆🤭

😸😸😸😸😸😸😸


14 posted on 10/15/2021 12:21:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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I’m wintering in Mexico and there are no shortages here. The shelves are full. Plenty of everything. I’m not in a major metropolitan area.


15 posted on 10/15/2021 12:25:31 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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Thanks for the report. If shelves are well stocked wherever you are in Mexico, then the reason for our debacle is the throttling of 50% of trucks that can operate in California. See article by Sundance about the Calif Resources Air Board’s 2020 regulatory squeeze.


16 posted on 10/15/2021 12:29:31 PM PDT by The Westerner (Protect the most vulnerable: get the gov out of medicine, education and forests!)
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To: Vendome

Another example of Joe The Surrender Monkey's "Build Back Better" policies.

17 posted on 10/15/2021 12:36:10 PM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction". It is dying on Our Watch!)
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Here's a solution. Get a couple pieces of white laminated shelving. Get a couple of empty white 5 gallon paint buckets. Stack 'em up.

Voilà — instant Ikea.

18 posted on 10/15/2021 12:41:02 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Valhalleluja! Odin runs IKEA now.
19 posted on 10/15/2021 12:42:13 PM PDT by Noumenon (The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
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To: Vendome

our local ikea has an enormous blm flag with a black power fist on it.
needless to say, i won’t start shopping there now.


20 posted on 10/15/2021 12:50:48 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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