How Trump’s tariffs are impacting prices and purchases this holiday shopping season

How Trump’s tariffs are impacting prices and purchases this holiday shopping season

Here's a look at how Trump's tariffs have impacted supplies and prices in popular gifting categories this holiday season.

Killing Toy Shops - How Trump’s Tariffs Stole Christmas

Jennifer Bergman sat up in bed one morning in June 2025 and opened her laptop to the month’s bills. It was five months into America’s latest tariff war, and the numbers no longer added up. Rent was due in two weeks, and her suppliers wanted payment now. She called her landlord, saying – “I can’t do this any more.”   Her toy store, West Side Kids, was a beloved Manhattan shop that her mother had started in 1981 and a neighbourhood fixture where c…