The hidden cost of your COVID-19 shopping spree
Save Share Jessica Gibbins remembers the moment vividly. It was April 2020, and Melbourneâs long COVID-19 winter was just starting. She and husband James, the owners of pet bedding and accessories business La Doggie Vita, were gathered around their dining table, juggling three young kids and wrestling with an agonising business decision. Should they go ahead with a big shipment of stock from their Chinese supplier? There were plenty of reasons to pull out. Not only was Australia heading for recession, but the exchange rate had dipped as low as US55âµ a few weeks earlier and the share...
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