Kristen Schwab

And so we just bought a button maker so that we can get what people want.

There's been some small increases in wholesale pricing.

Like our card maker in Minneapolis just had theirs go up about like 3%.

So it wasn't a giant change.

And they gave everyone lead time, which was really nice so that we could put in orders before that happened.

It does, of course, increase the price on our end for buying and on the customer's end for buying it from us.

We have so many people asking to work our shop, which is really freaking cool, and I'm really grateful for that.

But we are not adding employees.

We've always had just three of us that are full-time, including myself as the owner.

And one of our full-time crew did move on in January, and we are not replacing her position.

You know, things have just been, they feel unstable, whether it's inflation or the tariffs.

Politically, the world makes us wonder

how retail sales and workshop sales are going to go.

And so we're just being more careful and kind of pensive about decisions we make about labor.

That's Ashley Morgan of Unglued in Fargo, North Dakota.

We have two more small business check-ins coming up later in the show.

President's Day weekend is coming up, and it's usually a big one for sales.

Maybe you've got your eye on some new kitchen appliances, a fancy refrigerator, perhaps?

Well, it seems like there are more options available than ever these days, to both the delight and dismay of consumers.

Maggie Hennessy wrote about souped-up fridges and why so many people are frustrated with them for taste.