South Dakota Retailers Expect Similar Holiday Season To Last Year

blackfriday2Most retailers in the state have a positive outlook on holiday shopping this year. The South Dakota Retailers Association has done their annual survey which shows forty eight percent expecting a good season, with over half saying customer’s attitudes were positive.  Executive Director Shawn Lyons says there is an optimistic tone…

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Lyons says there is concern due to low commodity prices that farmers are seeing…

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Lyons says retailers have another view of Black Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season…

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Forty percent of retailers surveyed expect sales to be about the same this year, with about a third expecting higher sales.