The lack of chips and the disrupted supply chains are drawing ever wider circles.
Now the replenishment problems are also reaching consumers - and that during the Christmas business of all times.
Munich - Consumers have to prepare for a new survey among retailers for bottlenecks and higher prices.
74 percent of the retailers surveyed complained about delivery problems in September, as the Ifo Institute in Munich announced on Tuesday.
“Some Christmas presents may not be available or they will become expensive,” said the head of the Ifo surveys, Klaus Wohlrabe.
Just a week ago, MediaMarktSaturn had also warned of bottlenecks in individual product groups because of the massive delivery problems with semiconductors.
This applies in particular to “smartphones, tablets, printers, dishwashers and refrigerators,” a company
spokeswoman
told
Merkur.de
.
The situation is also deteriorating in other areas.
The situation is currently most difficult in the bicycle trade.
In the industry, 100 percent of all companies surveyed reported problems with their orders.
“At the moment there is sand in the gears of global logistics.
In addition, freight rates in shipping have increased significantly, ”said Wohlrabe.
In hardware stores (99 percent) and furniture stores, the after-effects of the high wood prices would be visible in the first half of the year.
(dpa / utz)
