Steve Anyiwo started DATSiT, a line of organic body butters four years ago, and is working seven days a week to grow his business.

Kai Ryssdal visits Samantha Wallace, co-owner of a honey shop in London’s Borough Market. He’s been talking to her about business in the U.K. for more than six years.

Rachel Rozner, owner of Elden Street Tea Shop, recently purchased a wholesale tea company to attempt to avoid tariffs and charges from middlemen.

For Nadiah Porter, dirty bathrooms aren’t an obstacle — they’re an inspiration.

Shops that rely on imported products are trying to figure out how to weather the cost of tariffs and how to keep their shelves stocked.

“As materials’ cost balloon the way they have these past couple of weeks … I can’t continue to sell them at the prices that I was before,” said Isabel Dennis at KIMA Jewelry.

Joshua Costa is the owner of Sleep Well Recycling, a mattress recycling company based in Burlington, Vermont.

“We’re committed to rebuilding and continuing to support the community,” says Craig Sloane, general manager of Altadena Town & Country Club. 

An on-the-ground look at how local business owners plan to rebuild after the devastation of the Eaton fire.

Firms with fewer than 10 people let workers go at the highest rate in February. Those businesses are more exposed to quick economic changes.