season. >> reporter: but if these container ships set sail, ports in places like los angeles and long beach are becoming increasingly congested with wait times lasting over a week. >> so if they are chartering their own vessels, it's going to hurt the backlog right now, there are only so many container terminals that can off load vessels, and it is very much a pay to play. >> reporter: which makes it hard for small business owners like catherine, who knows she will be having tough conversations about out of stock items with customers this season. >> i have never put out a holiday catalog that i wasn't certain i would have 100% of the items in the catalog and this year, 15% or 20% of those products in there we won't ever see. >> reporter: her advice >> you really like it? really think that your kid is going to want it, get it >> are companies paying more to get their products shipped quicker? >> they sure are many of these large retailers can pay up to ten times the regular price to ship products here yet still they're struggling, which means small businesses
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