Canada Ecommerce boom side effects - No commercial space available (1.Viewing)

Forty million square feet of additional warehouse space will be needed in the next five years after e-commerce sales rose 32% last year, according to a report from brokerage CBRE Ltd.

https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/...on-to-fuel-warehouse-building-boom-in-canada/

My e-commerce has almost doubled in the last 2 years

The biggest problem I have is getting enough supply

MapleDots said:

My e-commerce has almost doubled in the last 2 years

The biggest problem I have is getting enough supply

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Agree about supply. A recent order to one of my main US suppliers I received 45% of the items I ordered.. the worst ever. I've had to choose more expensive suppliers to get some items just so I can have them in stock. Can't sell what I don't have.

I know how you feel, I ordered 124 cases of product and received 58

Luckily I deal with many suppliers so I can get fill in. Then I just forward the back ordered product to the substitute. Luckily I have a long term relationship with my clients and most will order the substitute.

It is going to get interesting as more and more suppliers dry up.