supply chain issues are coming for your gift list.With no end in sight to the bottlenecks and delays hobbling factories, ports and warehouses around the world, retailers are pulling all the stops ahead of the holiday shopping rush.Amazon said in a recent blog post it’s been investing in “people, aircraft, ships, and buildings” to work through the current transport snarls, and said its recent profit slump will likely continue into the holiday quarter due to supply chain disruptions.
Walmart, Costco and Dollar Tree, among others, say they have been chartering their own vessels to bypass backed-up logistics hubs.