Small businesses

How are fewer Canadian visitors impacting businesses in the border town of Blaine, Washington?

Moshi Ramen Bar, a restaurant that had a reputation as being a home away from home for some of Tacoma’s queer community, has closed.

“At the end of the day, the consumer pays the consequences." - Alejandro Jiménez, owner of Kabana King supermarketLatino small business owners in the Northwest have been closely monitoring changes in tariffs from other countries.

Inside the storefront of Johnson Candy Company, there are hundreds of heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. Gift-wrapped boxes are stacked up on a table behind display cases. Open boxes show off sweet concoctions, propped up on shelves or set out below hanging red and pink decorations. Cellophane-wrapped goodies sit on top of glass windows displaying squares of chocolate deliciousness.