It seems like just yesterday I was enjoying the 4th of July holiday in Minneapolis with a brisk hike around the lake with my family and pets in tow. Now as I look at the weather channel’s weekly forecast, and projected lows in the 30’s, it’s dawned on me that summer is over and yesterday is possibly the last time we will see 80 degrees until at least next May. If the internal calendar says it’s fall, the business calendar says it’s the holidays.
Just in the Saint Nick of time (holy cow, is that awful) comes a somewhat rosy holiday retail sales projection by those that claim to see the future. Analysts in this article cite solid back to school spending as a key indicator of a solid upcoming holiday spending season. Back to back solid holiday seasons will certainly come as a relief to some corridor businesses, which might otherwise be letting national grumblings of that dreaded “double dip” cloud their outlook.
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