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More Americans welcomed furry additions to their families this year, and many of those new pet parents are planning to give them a very merry first Christmas.
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good boy. More Americans welcomed furry additions to their families. This year she s a 10 month old Ozzie Doodle, and we got her at the beginning of Pandemic. Many of those new pet parents are planning to give them a very merry first Christmas. Santa is going to bring her, Ah, lot of fun treats. According to Deloitte s annual Holiday Shopping survey, about half of respondents say they plan to buy a pet gift. We found that the average spend for the category was gonna be about $90 in total. But this dog dad spent even more. I got my dog, a $300 off white collar, all for his instagram famous pup, Lily. She s a diva, and she knows she s a D V at Pet Project Ella shoppers have been buying up high end accessories. Here s our elf cost
Rushing to find to the perfect present, shoppers filled the stores at the Citadel Outlets in Commerce. Last minute shopping, we got busy and we re all thinking we have time, and at the end we don t, so we had to rush in and get a few things for our family, says Jorge Hernandez of South Gate.
With COVID-19 cases reaching record numbers daily, shoppers have been making their way to area malls and stores. Several locations now reporting outbreaks among employees. I feel like everybody s been pretty safe, we ve seen everyone with masks on. There s not a lot of people here, which is good, says Davar Stephen of Larchmont Village.
Shop owners in Hamburg are feeling the Buffalove this holiday season
and last updated 2020-12-24 17:50:27-05
HAMBURG, N.Y. (WKBW) â Shop owners in the village of Hamburg say theyâve been feeling the Buffalove this holiday season.
âWe appreciate it so much and weâre so lucky to have such supportive, awesome communities in Buffalo,â owner of T. Boutique in Hamburg Taylor Balbierz said.
Throughout the holiday season, Balbierz said many of her customers have told her their holiday shopping this year has been completely local.
âWhich we love hearing,â she said.
âFor Christmas it s just the right thing to do to take care of your community, a holiday shopper in Hamburg said. They take care of us all year and itâs the right thing to give back.â
Brent La Fleur with Hansen s said that at this time of year, about 10% of the merchandise purchased in the store and 15% of items sold online will be returned. La Fleur said it s part of the retail business especially when shoppers are buying gifts for other people. We re doing a lot of guessing, La Fleur said, adding that buying the wrong size is the most common reason for a return.
To make a return go smoothly, La Fleur said there are simple steps to follow:
Keep any packaging that comes with the product
Bring gift receipts and all tags, even if they ve been removed from the item
Updated on December 24, 2020 at 6:32 pm
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2020 has forced people to change almost everything about how they live, but one tradition last-minute shopping for gifts on Christmas Eve was still alive and well this year.
Bay Area malls were bustling Thursday, but the crowds weren t as large as they ve been in years past.
There were a number of factors keeping traffic down at Westfield Oakridge mall in San Jose. For one, there was no indoor dining, so the food court was quiet. There was also a 20% limit on the number of shoppers that could be inside the mall at any given time.