G20 Summit: Supply chain disruption may impact mobile phone shipments and sales

Smartphone retailers are apprehensive of a potential disruption in supply of devices in the next 7-10 days due to the G20 Summit in Delhi. Some New Delhi-based retailers have also started seeing fewer footfalls because of ramped up security in the city and its neighbourhoods, impacting sales.

“The event is expected to impact the supply chains of various brands whose stocks are sourced from Noida and Delhi factories. As a result, there may be delays in receiving mobile phone shipments during this period,” the All India Mobile Retailers Association that represents 1,50,000 mobile phone retailers across the country told its members.