Will retailer’s supply chains, already affected by Covid, be able to handle the holiday rush, reports Supply & Demand Executive.

In 1966, an advertisement in the American Philatelist magazine was the first to refer to Black Friday in print, and within the next few decades, the term became the accepted name for the important retail day following Thanksgiving. 

If you're in retail and you don't yet have your plans in place for the holiday season, good luck to you! All aspects of supply chains, from purchasing, to order fulfillment, logistics, and transportation among others, are fine tuning their forecasts and executing their plans.