Dealers of many industries are currently attached to the scarce product thrust and with them the customers. Especially hard, the consumer electronics, hardly a dealer of TVs, game consoles and Co. is not affected. But it s even worse.
Anyone who currently wants to raise a new TV or speculate on one of the already rarely offered Next-Gen consoles should be patient. The hope for a luck in recent game consoles or a great TV offering in the face of recent numbers (source: Ifo-Institut).
From Smart TV to PlayStation: Almost all traders complain about lack
Accordingly, consumer electronics traders are currently affected by the third-party swords of the global replenishment shortage. About delivery problems complained 97 percent The respondent retailer for consumer electronics in September. Not every order can be fulfilled more, according to the Institute for Economic Research.
Even more evil, worldwide cartoon only meets two industries: 99 percent of the interviewed hardware stores can not guarantee their replenishment. Unrecognizing leader is the bicycle retail trade. All respondents invariably stated not to serve all customer requests.
It also meets the furniture (95 percent) and the car dealers (88 percent). The food retailer relates to limited availability with 47 percent still relatively little, but the computer and software area with 78 percent are also struck.
Reasons are the supply chains that are still under pressure as a result of the pandemic. In addition, the persistently high demand, again and again there is about in China factory or port closures, sometimes due to illnesses, lately the production is reduced to save expensive electricity.
If goods are available, it will be expensive
Especially bitter for customers: the long-awaited time of the price increase now moves into tangible proximity. Although there is no concrete date, but: The industry has announced price increases and this is now inevitably in retail , says Klaus Wohlrabe, head of the Ifo surveys. The situation is headed to: The pre-Christmas business will increase demand - and can continue the prices for end customers.
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How high the price increases fail is still unclear. At LG and Samsung already rising prices are to be observed, partly it was already more than 20 percent in height. Since the situation has not yet been relaxed, but further tightened, are larger price increases realistic.
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