“The distributor made a mistake and overestimated the needs of the major retailer and the deal was off.” It wasn’t that the order was too big; it was indeed th

“The distributor made a mistake and overestimated the needs of the major retailer and the deal was off.” It wasn’t that the order was too big; it was indeed that the middle-man screwed up. There’s no evidence that had they done more due diligence that they could have avoided the issue. Supply chain has had lots of unexpected waves since COVID anyways.