Pick up the perfect gift at these 45 stores you’ll find only in L.A.
If economists are to be believed, the best time to shop for gifts to make sure they arrive on time for the holidays is now.
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues, global warming and staffing shortages, retail businesses are already struggling, with small businesses particularly hard hit. With the U.S. Postal Service planning a slowdown and price hike, it looks like the best shopping tactic is to shop in person and avoid shipping completely.
So why not do something great and support a small business in Los Angeles this year? We have made it easy for you by compiling a list of more than 40 independent stores where you can shop for gifts in person this holiday season. Keep in mind that some are short-staffed, and are offering shopping by appointment due to the pandemic. As with our lists of Black-, AAPI-, Latino- and women-owned businesses, this is not meant to be a definitive list but a way to highlight small businesses in Los Angeles.
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Acorn Eagle Rock
Alchemy Works
Clover
Dekor
D.L. Rhein
Dreams
Earthing Earth
Folia Collective
General Store
The Give Store
Gold Bug Pasadena
Greenwood Shop
The Hangout
Homage Pasadena
Kneeland Co. Rarities
Late Sunday Afternoon
Lost & Found
Luca
Marz
Maude Woods
Mercadito Monarca Pasadena
Midland Shop
Mush
Native Sol
OK
Otherwild
Pergolina Shop
Phoebe Peacock
Poketo
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Potted
Prelude & Dawn
Prism Boutique
Pygmy Hippo Shoppe
Retreat
Rolling Greens
Shout and About
The Sill
Soap Plant/Wacko
Spitfire Girl
Tansy
Tesoro
Tortoise General Store
Twig and Willow
Wildflora
Yolk
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