Treetime Christmas Creations sells artificial trees that “are made custom to us,” allowing the business to incorporate customer feedback into its products, owner Laurie Kane said.

But Treetime, which sells online and from a showroom in Lake Barrington, has also had to incorporate higher costs and tariffs into its bottom line.

Kane said China “makes some of the best” artificial Christmas trees. But this year, when the trees that were ordered in January came into port, the store paid 30% tariffs on them.

Kane said a lot of people cut their order because of the tariffs, and her store ordered 30% fewer trees because of them.

Treetime has noticed the impact of tariffs much more than inflation, Kane said. The store has accepted some of the price increase and hasn’t passed it all on to custom

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