Parents face price hikes on strollers and car seats as tariffs bite retailers
The stock market rallied on news of a partial trade truce between the U.S. and China but, for consumers, the pain remains very real. That’s especially the case for new and expecting parents, who are confronting stiff hikes on items like strollers and high chairs as companies raise prices in the face of economic uncertainty. Safety essentials, in particular, will cost “quite a bit” more under the tariff policies, according to Babylist, a registry platform. And while the Trump administration’s refrain to “buy American” may seem simple, it isn’t practical for current new parents. Almost all strollers—97%—are manufactured in China, while 87% of car seats are. Unless parents buy secondhand, which can raise its own set of safety issues, they are likely to pay much more. More broadly, every baby […]
2026 Aston Martin Vantage Roadster Is a Hot Car Made Even Hotter
Any good linguist will tell you that language is a changeable thing, a river of tumbling words reshaped through time and use. It’s called semantic drift—the movement of a word’s definition over decades or centuries. “Awful” went from being used in reverence to being used negatively. “Awesome,” originally a description of terror, became a compliment. “Roadster,” initially used for windowless and roofless American two-seaters, now comes into play with any droptop when “convertible” doesn’t sound tough enough. Prewar Ford purists may hate that last one, but based on modern definitions, it’s clear that Aston Martin’s 2026 Vantage is a pretty awesome roadster. The Vantage, never a design we’d describe as soft or […]