In 2020, manufacturers suffered the most from inventory distortions in the retail sector. The imbalance between supply and demand registered during the coronavurus pandemic produced costs amounting to *** million U.S. dollars at the manufacturing level. In fact, the surge in demand for consumer products produced out-of-stock costs as well as overstock ones, together with other depending factors like outdated IT procedures or home office for employees. In total, the inventory distortion caused a *** million U.S. dollars loss for stores.
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