holidays

Local Merchants Tend to Report Strong Holiday Season

Petoskey, MI - The 2011 holiday season brought gifts such as solid sales performance and store traffic for numerous Northern-Michigan based retailers."We were very happy," said Matt Norcross, owner of McLean and Eakin Booksellers in... more »

Sidmouth Shops Fare Well this Christmas

Sidmouth, UK - MILD weather and lack of town centre road closures helped make Christmas 2011 a better one for Sidmouth's shopkeepers.Last year's snow and gas pipe replacement road closures caused grief among many traders,... more »

Small Businesses End Year on Positive Note

Macomb, IL - While the holiday shopping season isn't quite finished and many retailers are still handling gift returns, processing gift cards and offering post-Christmas clearance sales, a number of small businesses in Macomb say... more »

Local Retailers See Hope in Holiday Sales

Newburyport, MA - Shoppers gave local retailers the best gift of all this season — a strong boost in sales to help soften the effects of what had otherwise been a lackluster year for business.Several... more »

Downtown Asheville Merchants Pleased with Strong Holiday Sales

Asheville, NC - Sometimes in retail, running out of merchandise is a good sign."Our season was excellent — good traffic throughout and substantial increases over last year and over 2009," said Dean Peterson, general manager... more »

Ho, Ho, Holy Smokes Year Ends on a Positive Note for Merchants in Fredericton

Fredericton, NB - Downtown Fredericton retailers are celebrating the end of a solid Christmas sales season.Retailers started their sales earlier in November, rather than waiting for a December rush and that's paid off as they... more »

Small Businesses in Kalamazoo Report Improved Holiday Sales

Kalamazoo, MI - The Wild Goose Chase is what some would call camera-ready for the holiday season.Fully decorated Christmas trees adorn the front and west portions of the 22-year-old business' sales floor. Bing Crosby and... more »

Retailers See Burst of Holiday Shopping

Rankin, MS - Rankin County stores saw a large influx of Christmas shoppers over the weekend, as the days drifted toward Dec. 25 For workers at Apple Annie's Gift Shop off Grants Ferry Road, that... more »