COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Parents might want to consider Christmas shopping sooner rather than later this year due to tariffs possibly leading to emptier shelves and higher prices.

Little Richard’s Toy Store in downtown Colorado Springs said they purchased six to nine months worth of inventory in January so they could get ahead of President Trump’s tariffs on China.

“A lot of the toys were going up 30% and as far as retail goes, that's unsustainable. And that meant a product that typically cost five dollars was going to go up to about eight, nine, ten dollars for the customer,” said Jennifer Goodman, the toy buyer for Little Richard’s.

“That's not okay, at least not to me. I want people to be able to come into the toy store, find something they like, and leave happy with a toy in

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