Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inventories left

Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by MaoSYJ on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @01:39PM (#43848449)

this opens a interesting scenario where drug cartels may be the answer to a logistic problem since they already have the infraestructure for drugs. Could they diversify and smuggle tech products given their volume/weight ratio?

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Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by AlotOfReading on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @02:21PM (#43848973)

Organized crime has a long history of involvement with smuggling other kinds of products. It's common to smuggle electronics to countries with high import taxes (e.g. Brazil) and cartels have been involved with high value produce imports like luxury goods and avocados for years.

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Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by Aaronstotle on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @03:48PM (#43849841)

Almost funny to imagine the world where cartels will smuggle large quantities of Switch 2's to sell to Americans.

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Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by chasd00 on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @04:01PM (#43850013)

i don't see why not, they sure as hell do it with avocados.

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Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by buyucu on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @02:55PM (#43849305)

smuggling makes sense for products light in size and value but large in value. it does not make sense for toilet paper.

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Re:Retailers will soon have only about 7 weeks of full inven... by anigbrowl on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @08:12PM (#43852197)

  >>tech products
  >toilet paper

???

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