Supply & Demand

Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories.

Amid its own internal tumult, coupled with unheard of external market conditions, Credit Acceptance Corp. has seen its loan volumes take a dive off the cliff. The Southfield-based subprime auto lender (NASDA: CACC) disclosed in a regulatory filing this week that its May "Consumer Loan assignment…

The biggest threat to President Joe Biden's vision of energizing the U.S. economy with the largest infrastructure program in decades may not be its challenging path through Congress, but a dire shortage of everything from workers to cement mills.While weeks or months of negotiations will be needed…

Rising inventory is one of several signs that we may have reached peak ludicrousness.

Gardening stores are trying to keep shelves stocked as planting season gets underway.

A beachfront house in New Buffalo will set a new benchmark for the Southwest Michigan town when its sale closes within a few days of Memorial Day. It will be the fourth home in New Buffalo to sell for $4 million or more in the past year. That's a high-end sales rush New Buffalo hasn't…

Hilton was nearly 93% occupied on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, making it the best day the company has had since the start of the pandemic, its CEO says.

Potable toilet suppliers and manufacturers are scrambling to make sure that they have enough porta potties to go around.

Preliminary research data show that about a fifth of all Americans who bought guns last year were first-time gun owners. Sales usually spike around elections, but the sheer volume is notable.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into the Memorial Day travel weekend, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and other members of his party are falsely blaming President Joe Biden for higher gasoline and lumber costs.

A year after safety fears led to the cancellation of baseball and other team sports, Dick’s Sporting Goods is having a comeback year as bats, balls and jerseys fly off shelves. First-quarter sales more than doubled to $2.92 billion and the company raised its expectations for sales and profits in 2021.

During the rental car shortage, Consumer Reports offers tips for navigating a tricky travel landscape.

A global microchip shortage has impacted car production down in the U.S., which has led to a shortage of rental cars. Here's what that means on the cusp of the summer travel season.

As summer leisure travel ramps up, travel industry insiders predict the rental car shortage currently gripping the U.S. is likely to worsen before it gets better.

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As a producer that heavily supplies the food service industry, Swanson Pickle Co. Inc. had to make profound adjustments to its sales channels when the COVID-19 pandemic changed buying habits. As a producer that heavily supplies the food service industry, Swanson Pickle Co. Inc. had to make profound...

People are flying again. But so many airplanes are still parked in storage. Getting them in the air again isn't always so simple.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says using the Defense Production Act, a wartime power to set priorities for certain supplies, would be “a challenge.”

After almost 30 years, Oatly has cinched a spot at the front of the alternative milk market

As pandemic-related restrictions are lifted and people slowly return to eating out and traveling, dry cleaners are struggling to stay afloat.

Erika Smith and Bryan Taberski did what any city dweller might do when the coronavirus pandemic closed offices and remote work became the norm.They became examples of the shift in residential real estate as metro Detroiters looking for more space moved to areas with larger lots, bigger houses and a…

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The result of the global computer chip shortage has been far fewer vehicles on dealer lots, just as the waning pandemic has fueled consumer demand.

The aluminum can shortage is still impacting beverage producers even a year after the first warning signs went up.

Cyberattacks pose a major challenge for the Biden administration

We’re eating more meatless meat than ever, but it’s still not much.

Pokémon cards aren't just expensive. Card grading services are being completely overwhelmed in an “avalanche of cardboard.”