Data: Are Distributors Seeing Customers Return as Supply Improves?

One of the biggest concerns for the wholesale distribution industry since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 has been supply chain consistency. Global trade restrictions disrupted companies that relied on overseas destinations as part of their supply chain. There was perhaps no greater visual representation of the recent global supply chain struggle than in March 2021, when a container ship became wedged in the Suez Canal and ended up blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes for nearly a week. When supply chains became disrupted and certain product categories became…