Shoppers had cleaned out much of the Hot Wheels supply down the street at Walmart and household slippers and other types of footwear were in shorter supply. But there were plenty of Christmas stockings to hang on the mantle, and loads of children’s toys with the exception of a few products. Those perusing Target in Bethel for women’s socks as a stocking stuffer had only about half the normal selection to choose from.
Heading into Black Friday, some product shortages were seen in Connecticut stores the day before Thanksgiving. “I was really trying to beat the price increases, which I knew were inevitable.” “I just had a gut feeling and heard rumblings - as early as February and March,” Ramsey said of her decision to stock up The Toy Room months in advance of when she ordinarily would. It was a lesson learned after she put in her initial order for “Magic Mountain” in February 2020 and the game took 18 months to arrive. Ramsey said the 2020 holiday season served notice on how this year might go in the toy industry, as some companies delayed releasing new products into last spring. And she has no alternative to replace the inventory of 75 percent of the thousands of products she is carrying in the weeks beyond Black Friday. Heading into the 2021 holiday shopping season, which started well before Halloween this year, Ramsey felt in pretty good shape as far as stocking the shelves of The Toy Room in Bethel with thousands of products.īut as for the inch-thick sheaf of invoices for toys and games on order that had yet to arrive, Ramsey wasn’t so sure she was going to get them. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less Pushed her 2021 holiday season ordering up by three months because of concerns of supply chain issues. Kimberly Ramsey the owner of The Toy Room, in Bethel, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 4 of8 H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 3 of8 Because of her concerns about supply chain issues she pushed her 2021 holiday season ordering up by three months. Kimberly Ramsey is the owner of The Toy Room, in Bethel, Conn. H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 2 of8
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