tracked just 18 different product categories online in october. that s worse than last year and much worse than two years ago. among the hardest hit items according to adobe analytics, electronic, jewelry, clothing, home wares an pet supplies. the trend has been driven in large part by months of people sitting at home shopping online in the pandemic and the holidays are amping it up. demand for the products as well as the materials to make the products is just outpacing the available supply of the materials and what s needed to move the products through the supply chain to the consumer. reporter: imported goods are vulnerable, not only are manufacturers and shippers navigating a maze of periodic shutdowns, but when their cargo arrives, they are piling up in ports waiting to unload. rosemary is a supply chain expert. there s a shortage of truck drivers, warehouse space and
tom foreman reports. reporter: over 2 billion times. that s how often the words out of stock came up as researchers tracked just 18 different product categories online in october. that s worse than last year and much worse than two years ago. among the hardest hit items according to adobe analytics, electronics, jewelry, clothing, homewares and pet supplies. the trend has been driven in large part by months of people sitting at home shopping online in the pandemic and the hold days are amping it up. the demand for the products as well as the materials to make those products is just far outpacing the available supply of those products and materials as well as what s needed to move those products through the supply chain to the consumer. reporter: imported goods are especially vulnerable. not only are manufacturers and shippers navigating a maze of shutdown, but even when their
policies. make sure you prove those items were legitimately purchased so you don t have frustrations to worry about. there ll be bargain hunters out there, as well. this week could account for as much as 10%. they hope to see a lot of people out this week, richard. ron mott, thank you so much. and as the crowds start to get out there before i let you go, what are the crowds like? it seems pretty quiet. and any idea about what some of the hit items might be? you were discussing some of those before christmas that might carry over to post christmas. well, looks quiet outside macy s, they open at 7:00 eastern, and there was a run at the doors right at seven, a couple dozen people going through this one entrance. the hot-ticket item was the one released early friday morning, the air jordan retro shoes first introduced back in 96. i don t know how many of those are still available. there were a lot sold on friday and saturday and you probably saw the pictures of people storming into