Eurolinx national sales manager, Tristan Peters has spoken to Appliance Retailer about his expectations for stock availability for the months ahead in a recent video interview.
“The next three to four months is going to be challenging for our brands and supply partners,” he said.
“We had Italy shut down for six weeks with no manufacturing and the majority of product that we import comes from Italy.
“This will have a flow on effect to supply later in the year as we are now six weeks behind but encouragingly, the ILVE factory has re-opened and is now back in full swing and it’s looking good for the end of the year but there is potential for a short supply in the coming months.
“This coincides with strong sales – stronger than what was forecasted before COVID-19 was known – so it will be a challenging time. We won’t be out of stock of all SKUs or all lines but there will be some products that may experience shortages and hopefully we can come up with solutions with alternative products.”
Appliance Retailer caught up with Tristan via Zoom to receive this commentary. Watch our interview here.
