The traditional holiday shopping blitz continues to slide forward each year, and even Black Friday has lost some of its retail spotlight. Uncertainty regarding tariffs and potential supply chain challenges has the Valley’s small business retailers considering the impact on the prices and availability of gifts for consumers well ahead of Black Friday and Christmas.

President Donald Trump’s trade policies, in an effort to revive the nation’s diminished manufacturing base and to reduce the U.S. deficit in exported goods, have complicated end-of-year plans for retailers, which should have shoppers thinking ahead.

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