
The Christmas Supply Chain Race
Barron's Streetwise
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The American Consumer Is Buying at Levels That We've Never Seen Before
Jean says there are 88 ships now anchored near the san pedro bay port complex, which consists of the ports of l a and long beach. Of those 88, 64 are stacked with containers, with about half headed for each port. Back in june, the count got down to six from an earlier pandemic hih of forty. So the back up now is as bad as it has ever been. But we've got bottle necks throughout the system,. We've got nodes that are not meeting the demand of the american consumer over all. Yet because of the inventory flows and the way we're seeing things, there will be goods on the store shelves in the fulfilment centers for us
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