Texas wildfires burn through 2,000 acres in past week, prompt evacuations amid heat waveCody Wisdom, owner of USA Fireworks, has been in the family business for 21 years. The group has 11 locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including a superstore in Copeville, near Lavon Lake about 30 miles northeast of Dallas.Wisdom said business is good this season — roughly the same as last year, with solid sales online. Lower shipping prices have eased the company’s costs this season.
Retailers had to place orders months in advance when the supply chain broke down after 2020, a trend that has continued as sellers now prepare for unforeseen roadblocks. USA Fireworks has already placed its order for the December season.Fort Worth-based Pyro Shows of Texas supplies and choreographs the famous Kaboom Town fireworks show in Addison. Company vice president Chad Stanley said product prices went up 20% to 30% this year, after a 30% to 40% rise in 2022.
Employee Sandi Byrne shows a Pikachu fountain firework to Susie Ramirez and her son Aidan Ramirez, 14, at Pyro Penny's Fireworks.Pyro Penny’s sits off of Dowdy Ferry Road, in a pocket of land between the Dallas and Hutchins city limits. Owner John Palmer, 60, said Thursday that business had been a little slow because of the