Lisa Fickenscher
Retail Reporter at New York Post
Business journo who has covered everything from food to personal finance-- and now the retail business for The NY Post. Contact me at [email protected]
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2 days ago |
nypost.com | Taylor Herzlich |Lisa Fickenscher |Ariel Zilber
Shoppers could begin seeing store shelves thinning out by the summer for imported goods shipped from China — with mom-and-pop businesses facing the highest risk of shortages, industry experts told The Post. US businesses began scaling back or canceling orders as President Trump ratcheted up the trade war with Beijing after returning to the White House.
Small businesses take it on chin in Trump's tariff war -- here's how they're trying to weather storm
1 week ago |
nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher |Ariel Zilber |Taylor Herzlich
Prestident Trump’s tariffs are socking US businesses across the board — but it’s the smaller companies that are really taking it on the chin. Small and midsize firms account for $868 billion, or about a third, of yearly US imports, according to the Census Bureau. While these companies are tiny compared to the likes of Microsoft, Amazon or Lululemon, they still rely on Chinese manufacturing — and they’re far less equipped to handle punishing financial disruptions like this.
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2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher |Josh Kosman
Small business owners who sell goods made in China and Vietnam are delaying orders ahead of tariff hikes that take effect Wednesday — with many fearing an extended trade war will force them out of business. The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the levy on products from China will soar to 104%, while goods from Vietnam will be hit with a 46% duty. Nearly 30% of clothing sold in the US is made in China and 25% is manufactured in Vietnam.
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2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Michael Kaplan |Lisa Fickenscher
The supply of many foreign-made goods into the US is likely to come to a grinding halt as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, sources told The Post Monday. A baseline tariff of 10% was applied to many countries Saturday, with heftier percentages applied to the “worst offenders,” who levy high tariffs on US goods coming into them, in two days.
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2 weeks ago |
nypost.com | Lisa Fickenscher
The airline industry is bracing for severe turbulence as the escalating global trade war over President Trump’s tariffs threatens to upend travel demand. Major US carriers are expected to cut their 2025 outlooks when they begin reporting earnings in the coming weeks — and a few already have sounded the alarm.
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Fewer people are booking overseas flights to and from the US and airlines are sounding the alarm https://t.co/fULZwrTN6D
The Neiman Marcus store in downtown Dallas just got a reprieve from closing on Monday https://t.co/4Zy6swDj1U
Can tariffs bring manufacturing back to the U.S.? Here's one company's response. https://t.co/qseOyZw6Xa
