Lethbridge businesses counting on holiday shopping season [Video]

LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. –

Local businesses have been seeing plenty more foot traffic over recent weeks, as shoppers head to downtown Lethbridge to pick up holiday gifts.

The Christmas shopping season is an important time of year for any sized business, but for local small businesses, it’s crucial to have a strong season.

“It was a slow start to the shopping season. Normally, ours starts in September, and it seems everyone was kind of waiting until the snow hit a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s been going crazy,” said Becca Stirling, co-owner of the Purple Hippo Boutique.

A small business can make most of their money in a year just from Christmas shopping.

“It’s vital. There’s only a couple of months a year that we actually make money in, and December is one of them. So, this is go time for retailers,” said Hunter Heggie, owner of King of Trade.

While the …