Atlanta small businesses struggle to source products and materials amid tariffs

Cher'Don Reynolds is the owner of She Prints It, a Black-owned promotional products company that offers services like custom printing, signage, graphic design, and more. She said the ongoing uncertainty around tariffs is making it difficult to be competitive. (Marlon Hyde/WABE)

Some of Atlanta’s small businesses say they are struggling to source products and raw materials as the uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s tariff program continues.

A press conference on April 24 hosted at Wild Heaven Beer in Avondale Estates brought together small business owners to share how economic uncertainty and increasing costs are impacting their future.

Angela Hawkins runs Bamblu, a Black-owned company that sells bedding and pajamas made from bamboo fabric.