🎙️ Episode 40 - When Tariffs Break the Little Guy

Send a textU.S. tariffs didn’t just shake the retail giants this year — they cracked the small businesses holding up Main Street. In this episode, Gia breaks down how sudden policy flip-flops are forcing small retailers into production halts, supplier switches, inventory shortages, higher costs, and heartbreaking layoffs… all during the most critical season of the year.Featuring reporting and insights from Reuters, Business Insider, Fortune, Retail Dive, PYMNTS, and The Guardian, this episode pulls back the curtain on the human side of trade policy — the late-night emails, the sourcing crises, the shipping delays, and the quiet exhaustion behind “Out of Stock.”Small businesses don’t have the buffer the big-box chains do… so every tariff bump lands like a gut punch. And this holiday season? Many won’t recover.Gia breaks it down with truth, grit, and the logistics perspective few ever hear.An intro of what we doSupport the show🎧 New episodes every week. Follow Logistics at a Crossroads on your favorite podcast platform. 📬 Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/reginahunter Visit the blog: giakat.blogspot.com