For Black entrepreneurs, calls to Buy Black have been a lifeline during the pandemic, but they worry that customers motivated by the Black Lives Matter movement won’t come back if interest in retail activism dies down.
The obvious obstacles in America’s food-supply chain — from shuttered meat plants to restocking delays and panic buying — have largely dissipated. But shock waves remain.
Corporate executives surveying the damage from their bruised supply chains are hearing lessons from the past about the risks of waiting too long to change.
Trade talks between the EU and U.K. have struggled in recent weeks, increasing the prospect that Britain departs the bloc without a deal and that businesses face an extreme shock when the divorce takes effect.
First came the dash to equip U.S. hospitals with protective gear when the coronavirus swept across the country. Now companies are scrambling to get a limited supply of masks, gloves and disinfectants they need to reopen.