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Holidays for nearly two years. you have the big travel statistics before. people are gathering. what they are doing, they are buying occasion apparel and searching for value. with the high inventory levels that retailers had, consumers know there is goods out there, there is goods out there for a deal, and they are going to keep getting deals all holiday season long. >> yeah. so, obviously, last year one of the major concerns was supply chain issues caused by the pandemic. it left a lot of store...

>> reporter: across the board, energy costs are expected to be higher than last year. the federal government expects the biggest jumps for customers who use heating oil or natural gas to stay warm, up 27% and 28%. two factors are driving the spike. the global market affected by russias war in ukraine and opecs plan to slash production of crude oil. the supply of heating oil in new england is also about a third of where it typically is. >> we are operating right now at unacceptably low inventory ...

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Anticipate inventory levels returning to normal in the coming weeks. why is the problem worse in the us than elsewhere? its it�*s a good question, and nobody really knows. i spoke to some supply experts today who set off on this is caused by supply sourcing issues which is normally why we see issues like this cropping up in one country and not in others. $5 like this cropping up in one country and not in others.— like this cropping up in one country and not in others. as always, thank ou ve ...

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Most retailers in the active lifestyle space again broadly delivered third-quarter results that topped Wall Street’s targets and lifted their 2021 guidance as sales momentum remained resilient. However, supply chain concerns, marked by port congestion and factory shutdowns in Vietnam, were widely discussed on recent quarterly calls. Insights from Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hibbett, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Big 5, Kohl’s, Foot Locker, Lululemon, and others follow.

The winter here, right? >> absolutely. thats a bigger deal. much more dramatic. just two months ago we saw natural gas prices hit a seven-year high. there were all these worries about a shortage of natural gas and what weve seen and you can see it on that chart is theyre down by 40%. 40% in two months. now natural gas is still up sharply on the year but finally been knocked down. this is mostly due to mother nature. families havent had to crank up the heat as much as usual because temperatures h...

>> inventory levels are at 10% so while we are concerned about supply chains, the delays are improving. >> reporter: republicans paint a less optimistic picture. >> paying $4 a gallon for gasoline, cant find the kids christmas present, the president biden put in charge of supply-chain people to judge if that is the best the democrats can do it is going to be very bad election for the next year. >> the federal reserve chairman warned in prepared testimony out of todays senate hearing, quote, the ...