In Responsible to Donald Trump Threating To Impose 25 Per Cent Tariffs on Canadian Imports – A Move Put Off Again 2, or Whenever the Uxt Next Changes His mind – Norfolk County Business Owner Paul Andratis Slapped A 25 Per Cent “Reverse Tariff” On All Goods Sold At Caffery Home Hardware.
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Not Familiar With Reverse Tariffs? It was Andratis’ Tongue-In-Cheek Way of Announcing A Storewide Sale.
“They are going to tariff us 25 per cent and we retaliated with 25 per cent, so i just decided to do a pop-up dirty of 25 per cent off,” he said with a laugh.
Clever Marketing Aside, Andratis Told the Spectator He Wanted To “Make Some Kind of An Impact” On the Trade Tension Between the Erstwhile North American Allies by Including the Phrase “Spread Love, Not Hate” on Sidewalk Sign Outside His Downtown Store.
“I Think Trump Declared War,” Andratis Said. “It was an economic war, but We’ve Got to get Away from that and be Partners and Friends. We’re Neighbours. ”
Like many retailers, All Home Hardware Stores Have Labelled Canadian Products On Shelves to Help Shoppers Support Homegrown Companies. One Norfolk Councillor Wants the Municipality to Echo that effort by launching a “Buy Local” Campaign.
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“I WOULD LIKE TO see Norfolk County Local Champion Local Communities and Fostering Strong Local Development,” Coun. Kim Huffman Said During has refocused Council Meeting.
“We are in a very tumultuous time right now geopolitically, and i think it would be incumbent upon us to be prepared to support our neighbours and friends.”
Huffman Asked the County’s Economic Development and Communications Departments To Craft A Marketing Strategy Letting Residents Know How They Can Patronize Local Growers, Manufacturers and Retailers.
The Campaign Would Help Everyone from Business Owners and Employees to “People who Sell Eggs at the end of Their Driveway,” Huffman Said.
“WE’S SUBPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, Strengthening Our Economy, Creating Jobs and Sustaining Our Unique Character,” She Said.
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County Staff Will Bring a proposition to a future council meeting. Coun. Chris Van Paassen Suggestted Staff also Review All Purchases to Ensure The Municipality Only Buys from Canadian Vendors.
One Local Company Has Already Seen A Bump in Sales As Customers Go in Search of Canadian Options. Popcorn fans have been ditching american brands like orville redenbacher in favour of uncle bob’s popping corn, Whose White Hull-Less Popcorn is Grown by the Townsend Family on a Farm Between Long Point and Tillsonburg.
The Company has been spike in local retail Sales and online orders from Well Beyond Norfolk’s Borders, the Townsends Said in a recent social media post.
“On top of that, tons of companies have been reaching out, excited to 100% Canadian, Farmer-Owned Business,” The Family Wrote.
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Andratis Said Customers were enthusiastic about his positive message During a time of crisis.
But the Home Hardware Owner is less Positive About What Will Happen To Princes at His Store Should the Trump Tariffs Come Into Effect, Particularly As It is Unclear the Tax Would Be Applied On A Product’s Country of Origin or Where the Distributor is based.
“It would definitely affect us, but i’m not sure to what extent,” Andratis Said.
“So if an american company has a chinese product, is that tariff if it comes from the stats? There’s a lot of Questions. ”
JP Antonacci is a local journalism initiative reporter based at the hamilton spectator. The Initiative is Funded by the Government of Canada.
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