Reports of busy shopping season

From the sounds of things, the Christmas shopping season and the year, overall, has been pretty good for Thermopolis businesses.

Owl Creek Graphics said they are definitely up for the year when it comes to sales.

Foot traffic during the week has been about average for them, but they said the weekends have been very busy. The items that seem to be selling best this Christmas are women’s hats, gloves and scarves.

Owl Creek Graphics has been constantly adding new University of Wyoming and Bobcat merchandise throughout the year and those things have been selling steadily, too.

Across the street at Storyteller, they indicated their business has been about average for the shopping season with Melissa & Doug items as well as gift cards selling really well.

Dave Denton out at White Horse Country Store said they have been really busy and are excited how things have been going this Christmas.

“Our sales are up,” Denton said, “and we’re really happy with that. A lot of people have been buying locally, and we really appreaciate it.”

Sarah Ferrell thought things were a little slow at Nature’s Corner, but she said this last week has been very good for sales.

Candles, as always, are selling pretty good along with gift items, and Ferrell said the new, limited clothing line she’s carrying has been going well too, especially scarves and yoga things. She added that baskets have also been a big seller.

Its refreshing to see locals shopping at local stores, keeping small town businesses in business.