After wild year, some small KC retailers say holiday surge may keep them alive in 2021 Kevin Hardy and Joyce Smith, The Kansas City Star
Dec. 19 Holly Pollard compares herself to a first-time mother who gives birth to twins: Everyone around may pity her, but the mom doesn t know any different.
Popular Searches This is my first year so everything will seem easy after this, said Pollard, who purchased the longtime Brookside Toy & Science shop just six months before the COVID-19 pandemic came to Kansas City.
Across the Kansas City area, many small retailers like Pollard say they are hanging on with hopes of finishing this wildly unpredictable year on a surprisingly strong note.