Los Angeles hair and beauty shops worried about Trump's tariffs
KCAL News
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Looking and feeling your best'}, {'start': '23.600', 'end': '27.680', 'text': 'might cost you more now with tariffs'}, {'start': '25.680', 'end': '29.679', 'text': 'driving up the price of your favorite'}, {'start': '27.680', 'end': '32.520', 'text': "beauty essentials. I'm on the phone"}, {'start': '29.679', 'end': '34.559', 'text': 'probably every day now. Uh'}, {'start': '32.520', 'end': '36.000', 'text': 'just, you know, I think everybody'}, {'start': '34.559', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'probably is in the same boat trying to'}, {'start': '36.000', 'end': '42.160', 'text': 'find uh ways to mitigate the impact.'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '44.640', 'text': 'Daniel Tokco is CEO of the Hair Shop,'}, {'start': '42.160', 'end': '46.960', 'text': 'the family-owned top shop for real human'}, {'start': '44.640', 'end': '49.360', 'text': 'hair extensions and wigs, serving'}, {'start': '46.960', 'end': '51.520', 'text': 'everyone from celebrities to stylists to'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '55.199', 'text': 'everyday clients. All of our hair is'}, {'start': '51.520', 'end': '57.039', 'text': 'what we call 100% cuticle remy hair. So'}, {'start': '55.199', 'end': '60.640', 'text': 'really what that means is that you know'}, {'start': '57.039', 'end': '63.280', 'text': 'overseas uh we make our products. 90% of'}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '65.840', 'text': 'their supply he says comes from China.'}, {'start': '63.280', 'end': '67.119', 'text': "We've been scrambling uh ever since the"}, {'start': '65.840', 'end': '71.439', 'text': 'tariffs were announced. As you know'}, {'start': '67.119', 'end': '73.520', 'text': "they're at 145% and so um you know that"}, {'start': '71.439', 'end': '75.439', 'text': 'that uh certainly throws a wrench into'}, {'start': '73.520', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'things. Customers want to know one'}, {'start': '75.439', 'end': '79.520', 'text': 'thing. Are we going to be raising prices'}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '82.640', 'text': "to which we say that you know we don't"}, {'start': '79.520', 'end': '84.159', 'text': 'have any current plans to do so. Um, and'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '86.720', 'text': "I guess it's an open question how long"}, {'start': '84.159', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'that will be true. From hair to skin'}, {'start': '86.720', 'end': '90.880', 'text': "care in beauty products, we're having"}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '92.159', 'text': "some customs challenges, but we're"}, {'start': '90.880', 'end': '93.920', 'text': "learning. We're being nimble. We're"}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '96.880', 'text': 'being flexible. Play Lab Beauty in'}, {'start': '93.920', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'Oldtown Pasadena has K beauty and J'}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '100.960', 'text': 'beauty products from Japan and South'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '102.960', 'text': "Korea. They're still rebounding from the"}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '104.960', 'text': 'eaten fire. Most of their inventory'}, {'start': '102.960', 'end': '107.280', 'text': "burned in founder Vanessa Nabani's"}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '110.000', 'text': 'Aladina house. A lot of the Korean'}, {'start': '107.280', 'end': '112.799', 'text': 'sunscreens that people are loving right'}, {'start': '110.000', 'end': '115.200', 'text': 'now and dying to get their hands on um'}, {'start': '112.799', 'end': '117.040', 'text': 'we lost overnight and feel like we have'}, {'start': '115.200', 'end': '119.759', 'text': 'to start over in a lot of ways kind of'}, {'start': '117.040', 'end': '122.079', 'text': 'curating and acquiring that that that'}, {'start': '119.759', 'end': '123.920', 'text': 'product for our customer again. Um it'}, {'start': '122.079', 'end': '126.320', 'text': "just felt you know it's here's a here's"}, {'start': '123.920', 'end': '128.399', 'text': "a challenge but here we go. There's a"}, {'start': '126.320', 'end': '130.319', 'text': 'lot of uncertainty but a silver lining'}, {'start': '128.399', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'has helped them keep prices down at'}, {'start': '130.319', 'end': '135.200', 'text': 'least for now. our vendors and and we'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '137.280', 'text': 'are talking and um in partnership with'}, {'start': '135.200', 'end': '139.840', 'text': "this. We've been never been more on the"}, {'start': '137.280', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'same page and communicating about, you'}, {'start': '139.840', 'end': '143.760', 'text': 'know, how are we going to navigate this'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '145.760', 'text': 'together. The hair shop and Play Lab'}, {'start': '143.760', 'end': '147.480', 'text': "Beauty say right now they're not too"}, {'start': '145.760', 'end': '149.840', 'text': 'worried about inventory thanks to'}, {'start': '147.480', 'end': '151.599', 'text': 'stockpiling and the relationships with'}, {'start': '149.840', 'end': '154.000', 'text': 'their vendors. But, you know, the longer'}, {'start': '151.599', 'end': '155.920', 'text': "this goes on, there's a chance that we"}, {'start': '154.000', 'end': '158.239', 'text': 'could see price increases across the'}, {'start': '155.920', 'end': '160.800', 'text': 'board in the beauty industry to make up'}, {'start': '158.239', 'end': '164.879', 'text': 'for the gap. Reporting in Oldtown,'}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '164.879', 'text': 'Pasadena, Lauren Posen, KAL News.'}]