Holiday season in Flagstaff

Is this year's holiday spending brisk or just ho ho hum? That depends on how much confidence consumers have in the nation’s economy and what effect the November shootings in France will have. The National Retail Federation predicts sales in November and December to rise 3.7 percent to $630.5 billion. That is above the average growth of 2.5 percent over the last decade, but below the increases of five and six percent in some years before the recession, which began in 2007. While the economy … [Read more...] about Local Retailers: A Jolly Season