Retailers are launching holiday ad campaigns that seek to bring shoppers to stores, amid supply chain problems that are driving up costs for consumers. Big brands like Etsy and Ralph Lauren are spending more on marketing and using other tactics to boost holiday sales, betting on face-to-face purchases after closings and lockdowns imposed last year […]
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Condors and llamas from Peru will adorn the Vatican nativity scene
The traditional nativity scene that is usually installed in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on the occasion of Christmas, this year comes from Peru and will be adorned with Andean figures, llamas and condors, the Vatican announced this Friday. The manger, made by the Peruvian community of Chopcca, a small town in the Andean […]
Products sold at Christmas will rise 20%
By: Cristina Alvarado O. While thousands of Peruvians hope to spend a much calmer Christmas than the year of the pandemic, the vendors of different commercial emporiums in Lima do not know if they will be able to pay the December bills. This week the Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) warned that the prices of […]
CCL: price of imported products will rise 20% this Christmas due to logistics costs
The Lima Chamber of Commerce (CCL) reported that the Retail and Distribution sector could increase the prices of the products sold this Christmas by up to 20%, due to the increase in logistics expenses and the exchange rate of the North American currency. This, after the cost of each container that brings goods from abroad. […]
US port bottleneck brings importers Christmas forward
In the port of Los Angeles, Christmas arrived in June when importers rushed to anticipate the traffic jam caused by the pandemic, which has disrupted global shipping, and now the job is 24 hours. The port, the largest container terminal in North America, began working 24 hours a day Thursday after the White House intervened […]