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Small Businesses Navigate a Shifting Global Supply Chain

Entrepreneurs are diversifying suppliers and embracing regional production to weather disruption.

Meridian Business Desk·July 6, 2026·1 min read
Small Businesses Navigate a Shifting Global Supply Chain

Years of pandemic shocks, geopolitical tension, and shipping bottlenecks have taught small businesses that lean, single-source supply chains are a liability.

Many are now diversifying suppliers across multiple countries or bringing production closer to home despite higher costs.

The shift marks a broader move away from pure efficiency toward resilience as the guiding principle of global trade.

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