Yesterday the snow fell fast and furiously in Boulder, piling up to over 30 inches on the ground. I was planning to do a little Christmas shopping after work yesterday. Unfortunately, most of the stores were closed by 2. The thought occurred to me that many small retailers might miss out on important last minute sales.
Well this morning, nothing opened. Around 3 I decided to get out and see if I could get at least a little bit of shopping done. All of the local retailers were still closed. Yet, there was Target, open as usual. And, it was packed.
It makes me wonder how many dollars where taken away from the local Boulder retailers and, instead, spent at national chains, like Target. I know for me it totaled $74.31. These days, there is so much pressure on local merchants between the value channel retailers, like Target, and Internet […]
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