Tariffs pose dilemma for Florida’s tourist-oriented retailers: Raise prices or hold ’em?

Lisa Roth of Bob Roth's New River Groves in Davie, shows products subject to price hikes due to rising tariffs. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel
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By  | South Florida Sun Sentinel

For tourists and gift givers, now may be the time to buy those pink flamingos.

If they haven’t already, President Donald Trump’s tariff wars are seeping into the psyches of retailers in South Florida’s tourism industry. Raise prices or not? Order more stuff in advance in the hopes of averting higher tariffs later?

At Bob Roth’s New River Groves on Griffin Road in Davie, a 61-year-old purveyor of citrus, key lime pies and Florida-centric souvenirs, key pricing decisions already have been made, said Lisa Roth, vice president and the founder’s daughter.

“The price of fresh produce is going up,” she said. “For mangos we have to go overseas because our own backyard mangos aren’t ready yet.”

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