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"Order your Christmas presents now," UPS chief says amid supply chain drag
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 5000061" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>"Order your Christmas presents now," UPS chief says amid supply chain drag - CBS News</strong></p><p></p><p>Supply chain problems that stymied retailers and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/port-of-oakland-historic-backup-could-be-bad-news-for-consumers/" target="_blank">clogged U.S. ports</a> this year are expected to continue into 2022 as the COVID-19 Delta variant's effects linger. That means shoppers face potential delays in retailers replenishing everything from video games to clothing — especially during the coming holiday season.</p><p></p><p>"I half-jokingly tell people 'Order your Christmas presents now because otherwise on Christmas day, there may just be a picture of something that's not coming until February or March,'" Scott Price, the international president for shipping giant UPS, <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/ups-exec-sees-supply-chain-015227815.html" target="_blank">told</a> the AFP wire service.</p><p></p><p>Some consumers are already buying holiday gifts. More than 1 in 4 holiday shoppers plan to start by the end of this month, while more than half plan to start before Halloween, according to a new CreditCards.com survey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 5000061, member: 1"] [B]"Order your Christmas presents now," UPS chief says amid supply chain drag - CBS News[/B] Supply chain problems that stymied retailers and [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/port-of-oakland-historic-backup-could-be-bad-news-for-consumers/']clogged U.S. ports[/URL] this year are expected to continue into 2022 as the COVID-19 Delta variant's effects linger. That means shoppers face potential delays in retailers replenishing everything from video games to clothing — especially during the coming holiday season. "I half-jokingly tell people 'Order your Christmas presents now because otherwise on Christmas day, there may just be a picture of something that's not coming until February or March,'" Scott Price, the international president for shipping giant UPS, [URL='https://news.yahoo.com/ups-exec-sees-supply-chain-015227815.html']told[/URL] the AFP wire service. Some consumers are already buying holiday gifts. More than 1 in 4 holiday shoppers plan to start by the end of this month, while more than half plan to start before Halloween, according to a new CreditCards.com survey. [/QUOTE]
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