Recovery is possible. It’s just a hard blow and I need to mitigate it. Dropping some project cabs and long-term investments to reduce footprint can help. Things could still go sour either way and the costs of dealing with them would bankrupt me, though it’s not likely. I just wouldn’t be having this conversation if probability meant jack shit in the face of reality.
Side note, the current plan for incoming containers is still there. It might just be delayed. I have ways to receive and distribute imports, and cancelling anything would 100% bury me, not even just refunding purchases or anything, just the process and repercussions. It’s also necessary, because that’s where the money for this fall is coming from.
tl;dr, my normal listings will continue, and in 6 months I’ll be back in business. Just everything tangible built until now will be gone. I still have connections, reputation, skills, knowledge. I just won’t be able to have a real presence until all loose ends are tied and I can rebuild a foundation