Christmas Tree Sellers Hit by Supply-Chain Disruptions

By Paul Berger

High shipping costs, delivery delays have artificial-tree merchants raising list prices and warning of shortfalls in holiday decorations

Supply-chain disruptions will make decking the halls more expensive than ever for consumers looking for artificial trees this Christmas.

Some U.S. retailers are raising prices by 20% to 25% to keep pace with skyrocketing shipping costs and they are warning that certain trees could sell out early because deliveries from overseas producers have been hit by the congestion that has tied up distribution networks from ports in China to freight yards in Chicago.