longerjourney around rerouting to take the much longer journey around the southern tip of africa. appliance company electrolux is also setting up a taskforce to find alternate routes while ikea is warning of potential product shortages. rain peterson from the supply chain management company flexible told me more about how the disruption is already impacting businesses. it’s disruption is already impacting businesses. businesses. it s ust getting started. 0ver businesses. it sjust getting started. over the businesses. it sjust getting started. over the weekend | businesses. it sjust getting i started. over the weekend and through today we have had all ten of the top container shipping lanes in the world, representing about 95% capacity, have begun to divert vessels to avoid sailing through the red sea and to go around the tip of africa, as you said. it takes about 25% longer to go that way from asia to europe and, well, 25% reduction in supply of shipping, we re going t
appliance company electrolux is setting up a task force to find alternative routes while ikea is warning of potential product shortages. ryan petersen from the supply chain management company flexport told me more about how the disruption is already impacting business. it s just getting started, but over the weekend and through today, we ve had all ten of the top container shipping lines in the world represented about 95% capacity have begun delivered vessels to avoid salem to the red sea and to go around the tip of africa, as you said. it takes about 25% longer to go that way, from asia to europe, and it went reduction in the supply of shipping, we are going to see huge delays, obviously, but also big price increases, because its supply and demand, and if the supply comes down .5%, one thing we ve learned last few years is a small disruption in supply can lead to a huge swing in price. indeed, we are seeing an impact on oil prices as well there. the united states planning to
the southern tip of africa. appliance company electrolux is also setting up a taskforce to find alternate routes, while ikea is warning of potential product shortages. ryan petersen from the supply chain management company flexport told me more about how the disruption is already impacting businesses. it s just getting started. over the weekend and through today we have had all ten of the top container shipping lines in the world, representing about 95% capacity, have begun to divert vessels to avoid sailing through the red sea and to go around the tip of africa, as you said. it takes about 25% longer to go that way from asia to europe and, well, 25% reduction in supply of shipping, we re going to see huge delays, obviously, but also big price increases because, well, it s a supply and demand and if the supply comes down 25%, one thing we have learned in the last few years is a small destruction and supply can lead to a huge swing in price. are small disruption in supply c
in north america, which is its largest market fell 5%. in china, and other key market which is slowly recovering from a footwear sales were down i%. now, on the bright side, if you take footwear sales together with nike set sales of footwear in north america, which is its largest market fell 5%. in china, and other key market which is slowly recovering, footwear sales were down i%. now, on the bright side, if you take footwear sales together with like equipment and apparel, overall, that generated a total revenue of $13.39 billion. that s up 1% from a year ago. nike executives said they are working to improve things announcing $2 billion in cost cuts over the next three years. the sneaker giant plans to simplify its product line up. it wants to increase its use of technology and to streamline the overall organisation. the plan is going to cost the company 400 million to $450 million. the boss said we are embracing a company wide journey to invest in our areas of greatest pote
countries will include the united kingdom, bahrain, canada, france, italy and spain, among others. this is notjust a us issue, this is an international problem and it deserves an international response. and that s why i m convening a meeting tomorrow, a ministerial meeting, with fellow ministers in the region and beyond to address this threat. for exactly what this shipping disruption might mean for the global economy, i spoke to hung tran, who s a seniorfellow at the atlantic council and also former deputy director at the international monetary fund. this area of the red sea leading to the suez canal is quite important in terms of the volume of trade passing through it. about 12% of global trade passes through the red sea, including 30% of the container shipping. all together, it accounts for about us$1 trillion per year of world trade, so it is quite significant, and a disruption there would cause damage to world trade. aside from avoiding this area, what can companies do