Category: product shortages

In Germany, New Factory Orders Declined in February 2022

Germany’s new factory orders fell in February 2022 on a monthly basis for the first time in four months, according to provisional results from the country’s federal statistical office. New orders decreased by 2.2 percent in February compared to January on a seasonally- and calendar-adjusted basis, the office said in an April 6 press release….


Large Retailers Struggle With Shortages on Some Baby Formulas

It’s getting harder to find certain infant formulas at larger retail stores as they struggle to overcome supply chain issues amid an increase in demand. “Product supply challenges are currently impacting most of the retail industry,” CVS Health said in a statement to The Epoch Times. “We’re continuing to work with our national brand baby…


Large Retailers Cite Increasing Demand For Baby Formula Amid Supply Chain Issues

It’s getting harder to find certain infant formulas at larger retail stores as they struggle to overcome supply chain issues amid an increase in demand. “Product supply challenges are currently impacting most of the retail industry,” CVS Health said in a statement to The Epoch Times. “We’re continuing to work with our national brand baby…


Candy Canes Now Running Out of Stock in Shortage-Hit Christmas Season

Candy canes are now joining the list of items facing a shortage this holiday season owing to low peppermint production and overall supply chain disruptions, leaving behind consumers with a weak fruit-flavored taste in the mouth. Congestion at ports and labor shortages in the trucking industry have driven peppermint-flavored candy canes out of shelves with…


Orange County Christmas Tree Farms Face Short Supply

Christmas tree farms in Orange County are preparing for the seasonal rush, as a tree shortage strikes after a year of dry spells. Since opening operations in 1944, Noonan’s Christmas Trees, a tree farm in Costa Mesa, has never experienced a holiday tree shortage until this winter, according to its owner Doug Noonan. “There is…


EpochTV Review: LA’s Congested Ports

Commentary Siyamak Khorrami, host of  “California Insider,” talks to Dr. Salvatore Mercoglinao in this episode called “Delays, High Prices, and Shortages: The Consequences of Los Angeles’s Congested Ports.” Mercogliano is a professor of Maritime Industry Policy at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and professor of History at Campbell University. They discuss how the current backlog at…