 Taylor Swift, rerecording albums to own her masters, is infinitely more punk rock than I am Taylor Swift is fighting for herself and for the rest of us singer-songwriters - by doing the most punk rock thing I've seen in the music industry. How understaffed are stores? Smaller retailers feel the holiday-shopping strain Large retailers have spent billions of dollars to woo workers. Smaller stores that can't do that expect staff shortages will lead to lost sales. They're asking shoppers to be patient. 