ATLANTA — Online shopping during the tariff tension and trade war may look different as shoppers and businesses are working to find a way around higher prices.
Miranda Lopez is a savvy shopper on Shein.
“Shein is like, the only way I can support four kids back-to-school clothes,” Lopez said.
The Singapore-based megastore is known for its good deals, but new tariffs and trade policies are making it more expensive.
“Some of the boys’ stuff could even be $7 for a full outfit. Now, if you go on the website, it‘ll advertise one single pair of pants without a top. Is about 12 to $15 alone,” Lopez said.
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Experts say it‘s going to be hard to find an alternative that‘s just as affordable in the US.
“We don’t make things like that in the United States, as a general rule,” Jeff Gramlich, Director of Hoops Institute of Taxation Police and Research at Washington State University said.
The new policies could impact low-income households the most. It‘s not just low-cost retailers that are feeling the burn.
A swimsuit found on online retailer Triangl selling for $99 was over $300 when duties and taxes were added in.
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