Holiday Sales

Two days and counting... A bow will be placed on this years holiday shopping season real s...  More »

Two days and counting... A bow will be placed on this years holiday shopping season real soon... andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/brad-feldmanandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Brad Feldmanandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; hit the mall to find out if it will be a red or a green one for some local stores. (Sound) beep It sounds like a Merry andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/christmasandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Christmasandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;... (Sound - drawer) But in recent weeks, the idea to Let it Snow quickly turned into a blizzard of concern for some store managers. (Dennis Bense/ Scheels Sports) andamp;quot;Obviously the weekend of the thirteenth with the snow storm we had seriously affected traffic count that weekend.andamp;quot; Now with just a couple days left, shoppers are decking the halls once again. (Gary Hanson/ JCPenney) andamp;quot;I anticipate the next two days will just be steller days.andamp;quot; But instead of taking a store managers word for it...we decided to make one last stop...go to a place where you can go to get a complete wrap at holiday shopping... (Sound-tearing of the paper) (Wes Engbrecht/ andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/optimist-clubandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Optimist Clubandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;) andamp;quot;The true test will be the next few days because that is really when the heaviest of our work gets done.andamp;quot; The Optimist Club Gift Wrapping table in the andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/kirkwood-mallandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Kirkwood Mallandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; seems to be busy... Engebrecht says when it comes to money raised...this year stacks up the same as last year. But with all the bad news on the economy...Engebrecht is seeing something interesting... (Wes Engebrecht/ Optimist Club) andamp;quot;We're surprised that donations are up. Other than people paying for their wrap they are paying pretty generous with donations so the economy really hasn't hurt us at all.andamp;quot; It's good news heading into the final days...and it will be up to those last minute shoppers to determine the color of bow placed on the holiday shopping season. Brad Feldman KX News Both store managers we talked to said so far today the traffic numbers are very good... They said as Christmas Day draws closer and the weather becomes more favorable, they expect to see more shoppers.  « Less