Three independent retailers on how they’re dealing with shortages, price increases and high demand.

It means businesses know that consumers want to buy and are working to meet that demand.

Companies spend a lot of money processing those returns, and many items that are returned won’t end up back on the shelf.

Customers are shopping at the three small retail stores we checked in with, but keeping inventory up isn’t so easy.

“You can almost smell the cards when you think about it hard enough,” said high school teacher Ken Cameron.

The ease of online shopping combined with the immediacy of pickup could save retailers on logistics and draw customers back from delivery.

Just a few years ago, the toy retailer closed its U.S. operations and laid off 30,000 workers.

Nneka Brown of Innovative Supplies Worldwide says all-digital education deprives children of the opportunity to learn key skills.

The price of many products, supplies and raw materials has been rising. Retailers must figure out when to pass those costs along to customers.

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