Whether online or in stores, North American shoppers may have noticed that every day items are becoming hard to find, and the costs are soaring. The reason? Mounting backlogs at ports and too few workers to get the goods to stores. Jennifer Johnson explains how it may also shake up holiday shopping plans in the months ahead.
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