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As tariffs drive up the cost of imports and bite into household budgets, some American companies are amping up their secondhand offerings and avoiding the tariff question altogether.For Health Ceramics, a California-based pottery business with a relatively new resale program, this economic moment has brought a silver lining in the…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ryan Frankel, a 36-year-old business owner in Miami. It has been edited for length and clarity.My primary business is Thrift Vintage Fashion, which I launched in 2020 with my wife, Evelyn. We supply secondhand clothing — mostly men’s wear, such as…
While some of President Donald Trump’s so-called Liberation Day tariffs have already started, others have been paused or rolled back amid negotiations with trade partners.All the back-and-forth makes it difficult to keep track of where they all stand and how they might influence prices.On a broad scale, the price jumps economists…
30-year-old Irene Ham had just poured $62,250 of savings into inventory for her new Korean cosmetics brand when President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs were announced on April 2.The shipment had been ordered but hadn’t arrived yet. She said her heart sank when she heard the news.”When the tariffs hit,…
For some people abroad, a Jim Beam and Coke isn’t going down as easily as it once did.Companies that make some of the biggest American brands have noted different degrees of pain as some consumers overseas avoid their products in protest of President Donald Trump’s trade war.Globally, consumers are less…
Tariffs are here, and they’re affecting some of the biggest consumer brands.For some companies, tariffs present a clear, if difficult, problem: Goods made in other countries, especially China, are now more expensive to bring to bring into the US. For brands and retailers to protect their profit margins, that will…
Airbus is working to avoid Donald Trump’s tariff plan by sending planes to US airlines via other countries.”We’re looking at opportunities to export to somewhere else than [the] US, especially for airlines who have international operations, and we have that flexibility,” CEO Guillaume Faury said on the company’s first-quarter earnings…
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. The Senate almost passed a resolution to block Trump’s April 2 tariffs. It was a symbolic vote. The House isn’t taking it up, and Trump would veto it. Still,…
Pfizer’s CEO said President Donald Trump’s tariffs and uncertainty are holding the company back from making “tremendous investments” in the US.In a first-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, chief executive Albert Bourla was asked what incentives he would want to see in tariff negotiations that would make him increase manufacturing investments…
