Inflation Hits Price Of Christmas Trees

• Wholesale prices for real Christmas trees are up 5% to 15% this holiday season
• A survey by the Real Christmas Board – yes, there is such an entity – found that 71% of growers would need to raise their prices, which retailers will pass along to consumers.
• According to the report, “Only 5 percent expect their increase to hit 20 percent or more. Fewer than 2 percent of respondents said they don’t anticipate increasing their wholesale prices this year.”

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