"Retail after the tariffs was already struggling. You’ve taken a weakened industry and you’re weakening it even further. I’m apolitical, but overall we haven’t seen the support we’ve needed for U.S. retail from the U.S. government."

Deborah Weinswig, founder of Coresight Research, an advisory firm focused on retail and technology, commenting to The New York Times for its report, “‘Our Industry Will Fail’: Retail Leaders Ask for Emergency Aid.”