As Hurricane Harvey dissipates, retailers in its wake are ready to regroup, survey the damage and chart a path forward.
Susan Murff, co-owner of Cypress Hardware and Feed in Houston, considers herself fortunate. Her store suffered minor roof leaks but did not experience the flooding that has gripped Houston and other nearby Texas towns since Harvey made landfall on Aug. 25.
“It was a crazy amount of rain, but we’ve done very well. We never lost power, but houses as close as two blocks behind us are totally underwater,” Murff says.
