![]() ![]() Should we get used to grocery stores displaying half empty shelves? This may be because climate change makes it more difficult to grow crops, raise animals, and catch fish in the same ways and same places as we have done in the past ( EPA). Some foodstuffs can become scarcer or disappear altogether. In South Africa, for example, the recent drought had caused the price of meat to rise with about 17% since January 2016 (Colleen Goko, Business Live). Most of us has probably experienced shortages of certain food groceries because of a severe drought or flooding. Retail and climate change – a challenge to keep food on the tableĪn even bigger threat of climate change concerns food security. ![]() Therefore retailers need to implement some strategic managerial decisions to reduce their inventory as well as their cost, suggested Molla.īut climate change is not only affecting the fashion retail. ![]() In fact, results from a doctoral study done by Islam Molla (2016) 1 in the US revealed that change in temperature affects the impact of wholesale sales on retail sales during the months of June, July, and August. Last year’s lack of “sweater weather” caused by record warmth during October, November and December, resulted in excess inventory of sweaters, jackets and coats. I suppose that’s way Arthur Zaczkiewicz asked in WDD: “Is Climate Change Killing the Seasonality of Fashion Apparel Retailing?” According to Arthur, one easily noticeable effect of the impact of climate change on fashion apparel and retail are sales of outerwear. Remember the good old days when we still had seasons? I mean like summer, winter, fall and spring? Maybe the days are gone when winter clothing fashion shows caused a stir late summer and visa verse with summer fashions. But where else do they meet… Retail and climate change are meeting in the stores This is an extraordinary scenario where retail and climate change have met. ![]() Can you imagine grocery stores with empty shelves and frustrated customers? Most of the warehouses were flooded and damaged in the storm, also not helping. What if the entrance of the harbor remains blocked for a long period of time? That may simply means that most retailers in South Africa may soon run out of merchandise. For me, retail and climate change met when the massive container ship MSC Ines disengage from her mooring to block the entrance of the Durban harbor channel to shipping… With that, strong winds uprooted trees and demolished roofs and sheds. More than 140 mm (5 and a half inches) rain fell in a couple of hours. It was a lovely spring morning… then suddenly, all hell broke loose. ![]()
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