In the case of Nakumatt and Uchumi, their collapse caught many suppliers unawares, with the thinking at the time being that the retailers were too big to fail. [Courtesy]
Suppliers delivering goods to supermarkets have devised mechanisms to reduce their exposure to potential losses.
Suppliers lost nearly Sh20 billion for goods they had supplied to the collapsed Nakumatt alone.
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