Vacation purchasing in downtown Laurel

LAUREL, Miss. (WDAM) – It’s one of many busiest occasions of the yr for retailers, and downtown Laurel is not any exception.

Dozens of outlets are seeing extra folks in shops, seeing extra orders and wrapping loads of presents for patrons.

Two domestically owned shops are staying productive by serving to their clients decide presents and fill meals orders.

“We acquired our new avenue completed so we acquired lots of people,” mentioned Chad Knight, the proprietor of The Knight Butcher. “A whole lot of strolling visitors, and, sure, in the course of the vacation occasions, everyone coming in from that lived right here however then moved off, they usually’ll come and go to their households, so that you get to see lots of people.”

“I’m an enormous reward giver, so I all the time take pleasure in seeing folks searching for others and serving to them pick presents for different folks,” mentioned Madeleine Boykin, an worker at Southern Antiques. “The season of giving is basically one thing particular to us right here at Southern Antiques and so I actually serving to others do this.”

A number of retailers in Laurel will nonetheless be open this week for last-minute vacation purchasing.

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