Nov 30, 2013
Small-Business Registers Ring as Gift Pursuits ContinueBy Shelby WebbHeraldTribune.com

Sarasota, FL – Lynn Archibald has a monopoly on the Sarasota squirrel-underpants market.

The owner of the downtown Toy Lab said customers gawk at items like the tiny tighty-whities and other curious collectibles she said can only be found locally in her store.

“They see things here they don’t see anywhere else,” she said as parents and children bustled through the shop. “I have people tell me this is the best toy store in the country.”

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