In honor of July 4, this week the Modern Retail Podcast is revisiting an episode featuring P.F. Candle Company, which produces its candles in Los Angeles. Co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels talked to founders Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger about the advantages of and challenges of making products in the United States. Last year, the made-in-America debate was heavily tied to importing tariffs. But interest in American-made products is still high, as the founders highlight in the conversation on domestic production.

P.F. Candle Co.’s Made in America strategy (RERUN)

The Modern Retail Podcast

Hello and welcome to The Modern Retail Podcast, where we discuss the ways retail is changing and modernizing. I am senior reporter Gabby Barco and happy July 4th. We are on a brief summer hiatus for the next two weeks. And with the holiday this year focused on America's 250th anniversary, we wanted to re-air an episode featuring PF Candle Co., which

produces its candles in Los Angeles. My co-host Melissa Daniels and I talked to founders Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger about the advantages and the challenges of making products here in the USA. At the time, the Made in America debate was heavily tied to importing tariffs, but interest in domestically made products is still high, which makes the conversation a worthwhile revisit.

One of the biggest stories in retail this year is the Trump administration's rollout of higher tariffs on imports from other countries. And this is defining so much of retail brands' operation these days. While the changes are purported to support domestic manufacturing, even brands that are made in America are not immune from the effects of tariff policy. That's because so many components might come from other countries. Spray pumps, glass jars, other packaging

materials just aren't made here. And there's a whole other kind of trickle-down effects in the supply chain. Today to talk about all this, we have Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger from PF Candle Co. Hi, Thomas. Hi, Kristen. Yeah, thank you for having us. Thanks for having us. And we're here still with my co-host, Gabriela Barkho. Gabby, how are you doing today? I'm good. I'm excited to talk about candles. I mean, what better topic?

P.F. Candle Co.’s Made in America strategy (RERUN)

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The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.

P.F. Candle Co.’s Made in America strategy (RERUN)

Read the full transcript

The candid version is on a podcast, not the earnings call.

The candid version is on a podcast,
not the earnings call.