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'It's crazy': Panic buying forces stores to limit purchases of toilet paper and masks

'It's crazy': Panic buying forces stores to limit purchases of toilet paper and masks

Retailers are having to take drastic action to limit the number of toilet paper rolls, face masks and hand sanitizer bottles each person can buy as customers stockpile goods over fears of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

  • March 06, 2020
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'It's crazy': Panic buying forces stores to limit purchases of toilet paper and masks

Jonathan Cheng, a partner with Bain & Company who leads the company's retail practice in Greater China, said the crisis underscored a need for some traditional retailers to rethink how they source and provide goods in the long term.

"Retail management teams are currently facing two looming challenges. The first is a logistical bottleneck," he noted. "The second challenge is imminent supply shortages, linked to uncertainty about when factories will resume production."

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