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51.7% of respondents said that disruptions to the supply chain were very significant. Chip shortage meant that Cars were getting less chips as more were going to personal Computers as they were in higher demand.

Automotive supply chain hit hardest by Covid 19 pandemic, after survey covered six broad industries. This is because they need more items from different companies compared to the 5 other industries

Auto industry supply chains hit hardest during Covid pandemic: Survey (cnbc.com)

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Cricket Bats (English Willow) - Alister & Jamie

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Cricket Bats (English Willow) - Alister & Jamie

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·       Less Global Transport which means less Willow availability so higher demand.

·       More expensive which means fewer people can afford it.

·       Businesses close or run low because of the limited Willow supply.

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Cycling and e-scooters contributed an estimated $18.6bn in economic and social benefits to the economy. 3.6m adults used an e-scooter in 2022. The number of bikes sold decreased by approximately 8%, largely attributable to the removal of COVID-19 restrictions. And due to covid 19 the industry was hit hard because of lockdowns.

Public transport was not advised so personal travel like bikes and E scooters became popular

With chips becoming hard to hold, so cars production became scares and E-sooters production sky rocketed.

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PowerPoint Presentation (weride.org.au)

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Cars: Matthew Popplewell and Oliver Patrick Denning

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Cars: Matthew Popplewell and Oliver Patrick Denning

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During Coronavirus car sales went down 13.8% from the previous year. There weren't enough chips at the time to meet the demand of cars. Due to no companies producing microchips, there was a large manufacturing delay, and we couldn't receive nor send cars to and from countries. This was eventually solved through mass production of chips and the passing of covid-19.

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The global chip shortage is rooted in a blend of intertwined factors, painting a picture of an unprecedented supply-demand imbalance. Reports of NVIDIA and its GPUs getting hard to find in marketplaces. Global volumes have dropped significantly, the reason is because of the chip shortage in Covid 19 era. The reason of the chip and graphic cards having a shortage, significantly imacted the whole world. They solved it by trimming their profits, and delaying their new launches.

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- Due to US Covid Government Assistance, Shoppers had extra cash and wanted to spend it. Additionally, outlets like Footlocker have an excellent online store, meaning they could keep selling while people were locked in.

- The documentary, The Last Dance was released and boosted sales.

- Manufactures in China had a harder time manufacturing due to restrictions which led to an increase in price.

- Nike reported a drop in sales; however, Jordan had an increase- its first billion-dollar quarter.

- They had an out-crease inputting decrease with about 40% affected

- Jordan makes 5.5 million on average a day this was decreased greatly when covid was around by about 40%

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During the Covid-19 era companies produced in Japan such as Toyota and Nissan experienced a 46% decrease in international exports due to difficulty importing raw materials.

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- Due to US Covid Government Assistance, Shoppers had extra cash and wanted to spend it. Additionally, outlets like Footlocker have an excellent online store, meaning they could keep selling while people were locked in.

- The documentary, The Last Dance was released and boosted sales.

- Manufactures in China had a harder time manufacturing due to restrictions which led to an increase in price.

- Nike reported a drop in sales; however, Jordan had an increase- its first billion-dollar quarter.

- They had an out-crease inputting decrease with about 40% affected

- Jordan makes 5.5 million on average a day this was decreased greatly when covid was around by about 40%

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Iconic Baseball Bat Company Louisville Slugger Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Crisis. The issues they had was that covid-19 slowed down and eventually stopped their bat production. Louisville slugger was very world renowned in the baseball bat industry. When they shut down, that left many players and professionals without bats for the upcoming season