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CHRISTMAS is the height of the retail season for many store owners and many locals have been encouraged to buy local to help support pandemic recovery.
Annemarie Dove, owner of Byron Bay Candles, said that Christmas sales were crucial to local businesses as they head into the new year.
“It’s very important for all retailers, it’s that boost that carries you through the quieter months so obviously going through into the new year, this cashflow now carries us through … that first quarter of next year,” Ms Dove said.
Many businesses were confronted with challenges at the height of the pandemic including issues with exporting their goods or getting consumers to buy.