The Lenox Chamber of Commerce is holding its second annual job fair next Wednesday at Town Hall, open for free to anyone seeking seasonal or year-round employment, full- or part-time.
February may be the shortest month of the year, but with three holiday sales promotions, it is tall on bargains for shoppers, notes consumer columnist Martin J. Lecker.
For the ultimate mix of fun and beauty, one New England town draws us back, again and again: Lenox. It has basically everything you need for a grownup getaway.
The Lenox Chamber of Commerce event attracted 20 employers and nearly 100 job seekers. Stores, companies and cultural nonprofits reported a good match with applicants for open positions.
PITTSFIELD â For small retailers, the holiday shopping season usually is the most wonderful time of the year.
It brings in more revenue from Thanksgiving and Christmas than the rest of the calendar year, with holiday sales, on average, representing 20 percent of annual sales for most industries, and even 30 percent or higher for some others, according to the National Retail Federation. Tis the season, indeed. But, this year, the holiday season is even more important to small retailers in the Berkshires than it normally is. It s hard to be jolly when the COVID-19 pandemic has turned everything upside down.
Many small retailers in the Berkshires were forced to shut for several weeks this spring when the COVID-19 pandemic began to affect the local economy. So, they are putting more emphasis on the holiday season this year as they try to end the year with a traditional bang and make up for the revenue that they didn t expect to lose.