Artisan London perfume maker Sarah McCartney has found Britain's choice to leave the EU has already bruised her small business, called 4160Tuesdays.
"The future doesn't smell so sweet at the moment," she said. "I buy raw material from Europe, and I sell to Europe. I just think it is going to become a heck of a lot more complicated, and it has already gotten more expensive."
— Read more at UK business in limbo in face of years of Brexit uncertainty at Richmond Times-Dispatch. (And note that I posted this because I thought it was interesting that they talked to an indie perfumer. Our comment policy prevents us from debating the pros and cons of the Brexit.)
Oy. So sad.
We will have to wait and see what happens, I guess. I can’t think of anything else neutral to say — I did want to post this but it’s hard to discuss it without taking sides.
Yeah…I wrote something and then deleted it for the same reason.
🙂
That’s tough! What to say, what to say . . .
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?
Change is the only constant in the universe?
Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes?
Ummm, I’m all out.
Hey, that was pretty good!
Ugh. When you are a small, bespoke business, national changes in policy can really affect where you source and where you sell- and for how much. Bigger companies can weather and absorb such shifts but smaller companies, not so much.
I am seeing this in the availability of some of my favorite clothes from Brazil. What is usually $50-$100 for items are now higher by a 1/3 and can go higher due to issues over in Brazil and particularly in Bahia State.
So with sourcing in Bulgaria, France and Italy, McCartney is probably paying more for the same or less amounts of raw and synthesized materials. And if she wants to stockpile, that too will be very costly!