Kansas City Star Mourns Trade War Demise Of Fancy Local Furniture Store

Our dead-tree friends made a very big deal of the last days of a sketchy biz model based on the disposable income of the shrinking middle-class. 

Photo credit . . . It's time for marriage counseling when wife-y suggests this bit of home furnishing.

Meanwhile, here's the sitch:

Small local businesses, like My Home Contemporary Furniture in Merriam, Kansas, are already feeling the effects.

The store located at 5400 Antioch Drive will be closing for good.

The furniture store has been serving the community for four years, but owner Henrik Svendsen said the uncertainty of tariffs on imported goods is the reason they are making the difficult decision.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC area furniture store will close over tariffs. 'Nobody can afford that'

Rising tariffs force Johnson County's My Home Contemporary Furniture to shut down. Owner Henrik Svendsen shares concerns for local furniture businesses.

Actually, KCTV5 ran this story about two weeks ago . . .

Tariffs lead owner toward planned closure of local furniture store

Small local businesses, like My Home Contemporary Furniture in Merriam, Kansas, are already feeling the effects of tariffs.

Developing . . .