Black Friday is looking very different this year for some retailers.

Owner of Toy Traders in Langley, Matthew Purdy, says he’s held a Black Friday sale event in the past, but this season he won’t be having one.

“There were a lot of challenges getting product during COVID because my supplier shut down and now we are having problems getting product for all different reasons,” Purdy told Consumer Matters .

One main reason is the ongoing trade war. Purdy says it’s making it more difficult to get some products.

“The majority of the products come through the port in California and so because of those tariff charges and they go up and down so much, companies are ordering less product,” he said.

“They don’t want too much carryover. When we are getting product, we are fighting with other s

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