Southern California business owners get creative as tariffs, surcharges hit

Jack Carlisle is refusing to let the Trump administration’s tariffs ruin his 12-year-old business.
The owner of The Potting Shed in Orange’s historic downtown plaza is using everything he learned during the pandemic lockdowns to nail down his inventory ahead of anticipated price surges for imported goods.
“I’m not letting this get under my skin,” he said recently from his 8,000-square-foot storefront in the trendy downtown adjacent to Chapman University. “I&rs