Retailers get creative to deal with product shortage as consumers shop in earnest

By Hillary Gavan, Beloit Daily News – November 22, 2021

 

BELOIT—Local business owners have spent months planning and flexing their creative muscles to deal with product shortages this holiday shopping season. With a backdrop of national supply chain disruptions, filling shelves can be like piecing together a puzzle. 

 

At Northwoods Premium Confections, 314 State St., Beloit, a few items have gone missing—the turquoise Sixlets and about 90 types of kids’ candies—due to a lack of packaging. However, co-owner Teala Lamoreux is on top of the situation. She started calling the store’s suppliers in May and June to order ahead for the holidays.

 

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