Delivery bottlenecks and logistics chaos hit Aldi hard: sales dates have to be postponed

The trade is struggling with delivery bottlenecks and supply problems.

Now it is also affecting the Aldi discounter, sales dates have to be postponed.

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, among other things, should be sold in specially built pop-up stores in selected cities.

In addition, T-shirts and pants with the distinctive lettering of the discounter Aldi.

But the chaos in the international supply chains, which is causing more and more retailers problems and creating gaps on the shelves, has now also thwarted Aldi Nord's planning, reports the

Since the goods in Aldi’s own fashion collection did not arrive on time, the discounter had to postpone the sales dates in two cities by several weeks.

Aldi has replenishment problems - postponed sales dates in Essen and Hanover

"Short-term temporal postponements or partial failures in the range of our articles can unfortunately not be ruled out at the moment," an Aldi spokeswoman told the

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“Therefore, the sales dates in Essen and Hanover have been postponed.” Dates in the cities of Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig took place as planned.

"The effects of the pandemic on the logistics flows of goods are challenging for all actors," said the Aldi spokeswoman.

Significantly fewer empty containers have been available for weeks and months.

As a result, goods that have already been manufactured in Asia cannot be loaded and transported immediately.

"In addition, the shipping companies are canceling trips between Asia and Europe at irregular intervals, which leads to further postponements." 

Corona lockdown in Vietnam and power supply in China are causing problems for Aldi

Transport and logistics are causing increasing problems for retailers.

Stationary retail chains are increasingly affected and have to wait for their goods - especially if they come from Asia.

It could get even more difficult in the fourth quarter.

Then some companies would also feel the effects of the corona lockdown in Vietnam and the consequences of the repeatedly interrupted power supply for Chinese factories, according to the

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