Smoke Shops Compete With Essential Locations Using Delivery
Shops are moving to delivery and eCommerce to move their products
Nonessential smoke shop owners are competing with essential gas stations by delivering their products to customers.
Hayder Alshalah owns two businesses called On The Run Smoke Shop.
One in southwest Las Vegas and the other just east of downtown.
When businesses were shut down, Alshalah began doing curbside service until state officials said he could only do delivery.
“Usually we used to get like 80 customers a day at this store, at Charleston we used to get like 100 customers a day. Now we’re getting like 15 orders a day,” said Alshalah.
To make matters worse, Alshalah said gas station owners are well aware of his predicament and are now taking advantage by selling products not usually found in gas stations.
“Today I called the city and they said they are allowing them, the gas stations, to sell 11 percent of our products,” said Alshalah.
Specialty items like hookah charcoal and hookah tobacco are now being found in gas stations and mini-marts, which are considered essential, unlike Alshalah’s non-essential smoke shop.
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