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Local News - Local News - October 30, 2009
Retailers voice merry outlook
Merchants here anticipate less snow, higher sales

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Monica Livengood displays a chocolate Santa sleigh and reindeer available at Spokandy.
Monica Livengood displays a chocolate Santa sleigh and reindeer available at Spokandy.
—Staff photo by Mike McLean
Despite signs of nervousness on the national retail front, Spokane-area merchants are optimistic that holiday-season sales here will improve over last year's sales, which they say were hampered more by the weather than the recession.

Todd Davis, president of Spokane-based Spokandy Inc., says he's expecting that the chocolatier will have a good holiday season. Spokandy already has begun increasing production of holiday candy for its two retail stores here and in Coeur d'Alene, maki...


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