Three-week freight delay disrupting Christmas shopping, threatening Boxing Day sales
"Most [retailers] will not want to come out and say they're running short of stock." Stores across Auckland are already struggling to replenish stock. Suppliers are telling The Homestore in Newmarket they simply won't get some of their premium products. "Normally we'd place orders and get them by the end of the week, but now we either can't get them or they're looking like this side or the other side of Christmas," The Homestore general manager Chris Sinclair says. "Maybe offering us the b-rated brand just so we can fill the gap and not have the shop look so empty."
Source: newshub.co.nz