Trump's tariff promises have import-heavy retailers facing 'new reality'
Trump's tariff promises have import-heavy retailers facing 'new reality'
Fashion and apparel brands from Steve Madden to Under Armour, e.l.f. Beauty, and Ralph Lauren are preparing for President-elect Donald Trump’s promised tariffs.
Summary
Following Donald Trump’s election victory, proposed tariffs of 10%-20% on general imports and 60% on Chinese goods are raising concerns across the fashion, beauty, and footwear industries.
Companies like Steve Madden, Under Armour, and e.l.f Beauty are assessing impacts, with some, such as Steve Madden, planning to reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers.
Tariff fears have already affected retail stocks, and executives acknowledge the industry is now more prepared for trade disruptions.
Many brands, including Ralph Lauren and Tapestry, have diversified sourcing in anticipation of restrictive trade policies.
I don't think that most people really just how big of a deal a 60% tariff on Chinese goods would be. This isn't like paying a bit of extra sales tax. Nearly everything is made in China. This is going to be an absolutely devastating move, as in nearly everything suddenly doubles in price and becomes unaffordable.
How the fuck do so many people think that the economy is going to be better under Trump than Harris? I really don't get it. If the economy was one of my top issues (it isn't), then that would make me even LESS likely to vote Republican.
But things got more expensive when Biden was president, so if we put Trump in the white house prices will go back to where they were.
Also he's gonna make China pay taxes instead of us.
And he's gonna get rid of all them immigrants that are draining the economy with their... uh... crime and pet eating and stuff.
Hey, it will mostly affect affordable consumer goods. High-end luxury brands will be least affected. So if you're obscenely rich, it's no issue! Problem solved!
Rest-assured there will be exemptions for Amazon, Walmart, and any billionaire CEO that calls Trump an economic genius.
If not, Jeff Bezos is about to go broke. These days, 99% of Amazon is imported Chinese crap, and about half of that could realistically be classified as "garbage."
Amazon could go out of business tomorrow and Jeff Bezos would still not go broke.
Thanks for this. I needed that little bit of a bright side.
I owe my soul to the company store.
lol that's what they voted for
fuck them
And the rest of us!
This is going to be interesting. People make shit wages and can't afford shit as is. Add more cost to that. I'm hoping for a miracle or something.
STFU! He hasn't even taken office yet and news companies can't stop themselves from falling all over the horrible impacts of all his policies. Just stop! It's exhausting.
Ohh never corporate parasites will have to charge more for plastic trash nobody needs.
We got the cotton, we got the machines and know how and we got the people to make this shit properly here for a marginal surcharge
We don't. The infrastructure just isn't there to start major manufacturing in the US at the whim of a moron. There needed to be some kind of plan in action to build something out before he tries to fuck everybody with tariffs.
Say you've been purchasing from China but now that's looking too expensive. You bust out your Excel sheet and find out you can spin up an American factory and still crank out the goods for just a bit more than before. Great!
But you already know what's going to happen. The tariffs will cause high prices, turn out to be wildly unpopular, fuck up the economy and get rescinded. You want to get caught holding the bag with your brand new factory? Best just to ride it out, Trump will be out of office in 4-years, if not sooner.
US manufacturing investment is highest in decades since biden providing state aid to "private" sector for these investments.
Y'all don't seem to have a grasp on the current industrial policy.
Granted garments industry is not covered but there also US made clothes if you care...
But peasants prefer to bug endless plastic trash from Temu to wear ones. This fucking accountability for brain dead consumption patterns