Catherine Lundeen

January is always tricky for retail.

It's always very slow.

But I was looking at the numbers from last year and it's weird because it's better this year, but it's because we had fires last year.

So we were closed and people weren't buying.

So we're pretty on track for February as of last year, but...

Pricing has been crazy.

I was worried about the tariffs last year and it really did happen.

The tariffs have been very impactful.

I have had to refuse packages that the bill has been obscenely high.

I had an order, a back order of something that I ordered in August from the UK.

And it was these two little sewing kits.

And they wanted me to pay $60 on something that cost me $40.

So these sewing kits would have to be about $35, which no one's going to pay $35 for a sewing kit.

It'll be interesting because I'm hopeful for the World Cup is coming here to LA.

So that hopefully will be a boost in business.

January here was really, the weather has been like exceptionally lovely.

So people have been out and about more.

So I think, you know, there's just a lot of hope, I guess, of like crossing my fingers and like hoping that things get better.

Because if they stay as they are, it's pretty tough.