(WKBN) — A lot of industries have been affected by shipping issues and shortages. Now the sports industry is one of them. With spring sports like baseball and softball on the horizon, stores are doing their best to make sure athletes have all they need to succeed.
Ron Wharmby, owner of Wharmby Sports in Liberty, has been selling sporting goods for 50 years and said he has never seen anything like what has been going on the last two years.
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“Most of my customers seem to understand. They’ll say ‘It’s on the news. It’s everywhere,’” said Wharmby.
Wharmby said prices in his industry have gone up 10% to 20%.
“The one guy that’s the owner of the one company, he was telling me container prices went up virtually from $2,500 to over almost $30,000 now,” said Wharmby.
Right now, the hardest to get is anything with plastic, such…
