the pandemic has left many small businesses open with fewer hours and fewer workers and that's not all there now gearing up so we can all do our holiday shopping but they have fewer products on their shelves. Kcc Cynthia voter has a closer look at this problem. Cynthia Stephen Breyer, we checked with a couple of stores in the East Village that have lots of great gift ideas and lots of items in their stores. But it has been somewhat of a struggle for small businesses to stock up for the holidays. If you're just starting to think about what to buy for loved ones. This christmas, I do like espresso machines. Teresa Adams Tonka started planning months ago to try to get the items in her store. Supply chain disruptions all over the world are affecting small shops in Iowa. I've been in business for 22 years and uh this is a significant uh, time of shortages. She says, mixers, toasters or blenders are stuck in ports in florida, L. A. Or new york. It all falls back on us. We have customers want to know when they can have product. We have to make a phone call. Then there's another phone call. There are many phone calls a day trying to find out when product is available across the street at fleet feet. We're seeing where we keep our inventory. So ideally we like all these babes to be full but you can see where some of them are empty. They are running out of running shoes. You're lucky we actually have to in your size most remain in Vietnam where production was shut down since july due to Covid. One of the challenges that they have there is that the government has said that only people that are able to walk or ride their bikes are able to go to the factories because they have not allowed mass transportation. Back. At this point in Vietnam store owners asked shoppers not to be picky this holiday. You might not want a pink running shoe, but that might be what you get. It may not be the color that you wanted. It will be the shape or vice versa. It won't be the shape, that will be the color. We'll just do the best we can and hopefully the consumer understands we're all doing the best we can. And I like those pink running shoes. A Forbes survey found about two thirds of small businesses expect more than six months of supply chain disruptions extending into next year.