Bennet business gets creative to avoid raising costs this Christmas, despite steep tariffs

BENNET, Neb. (KLKN) – A Christmas decor store is trying to keep costs down for customers despite high tariffs.

Kristi Sittner owns Tailored Life in Bennet.

She started noticing tariff impacts at the beginning of 2025, after ordering Christmas supplies.

Sittner orders inventory from U.S.-based companies, but she also buys things from China, India and Mexico.

Those shipments could each carry an additional 25% tariff or more.

So she started thinking of ways to keep her prices low.

“It’s unavoidable, so we’re going to have to pay it,” Sittner said. “But if we can get items that are either on sale or discounted, or we buy in bulk so we can drop the price down a little bit, those are ways we’re trying to combat the tariffs.”

She’s been trimming off any unnecessary costs.

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