Yes, there are shortages, and prices are up. But in these Los Angeles gift stores, shoppers are already shopping.

Adella Colvin began her yarn-dyeing business, LolaBean Yarn Co., after noting how few makers of color there were in the industry.

The fast-moving nature of the pandemic demands new measurements that are more timely.

Jess Evans, co-founder of Austin, Texas-based Get It Gals, says her business is on track for its biggest year yet.

The co-owners of “A Good Used Book” in Los Angeles, California, are back in their retail space and looking ahead to the future.

When the pandemic halted classes at Jennie Tang’s ceramics studio, she turned to other ways to keep the operation thriving.

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

Teo Hunter of Crowns & Hops Brewing is creating a brand that can be “a case study to what it means to be accomplishing racial equity.”

“No company wants to say no to growth, but there is another side to that,” said Farmgirl Flowers CEO Christina Stembel.

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