Blizzard Costs Retailers Thousands

Last weekens blizzard socked in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaa...  More »

Last weekens blizzard socked in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakotaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; and cost retailers hundreds of thousands of dollars. The president of the North Dakota Retail Association says the storm may robbed retailers in the state as much as 250 thousand dollars in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/christmasandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Christmasandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; shopping sales. Mike Rud said that before the storm, retail outlets had hoped to see Christmas sales about 3 percent higher than last year. But the weekend blizzard kept shoppers home. To make up for it, Rud said retailers might step up their holiday sales to try to bring in more customers in the final days before Christmas.  « Less