Red Sea: What’s the situation and how are retailers mitigating the impact?

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As the tensions in the Red Sea continue to escalate, Retail Week looks at how retailers are dealing with supply chain disruptions and the options on the table to mitigate potential price rises and availability issues.

Since November, armed Houthis, a political and military movement in Yemen, have been launching armed attacks against international shipping in the Red Sea, a key corridor to the critical Suez Canal. Ever since, supply chains to Europe have been disrupted. 

 

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