After a year of inflation plus snowstorm impacts, Anchorage stores seek a boost this holiday season adn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Print article The holiday season is usually a busy time of year for Anchorage-area retailers, but the spread of the coronavirus and the city’s “hunker-down” order have made business owners rethink how they can get their products to customers. From hand-delivering orders to virtual check-in lines, here’s how some Anchorage businesses are accommodating shoppers.
Books and toys December is typically one of the busiest months of the year for The Writer’s Block in Spenard, but co-owner Vered Mares says that hasn’t been the case this season. “We’re down between 50% to 75% of revenue, which, if you do the math, is not sustainable period,” Mares said.
Alaska businesses utilize online sales ketchikandailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ketchikandailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Anchorage businesses benefiting from online pandemic sales
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 9:14 am EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Some small businesses in Anchorage say they are profiting by reaching out online to customers they will not likely see during the coronavirus pandemic.
Business have adapted to health restrictions that have slowed or ended in-person sales by displaying inventory on new or revamped websites, Alaska Public Media reported last Friday.
Janet Gregory, who owns Over the Rainbow Toys, said the store is in the midst of its busiest period of the year. The business normally makes about 30% of the year’s sales during the last six weeks of the year.