“For a Friday, the foot traffic was double what we usually get.”
The shoe store Berk’s had 30 percent more sales, Co-Manager Marc Pinansky said.
He said more people were buying instead of looking,
“Pretty much everyone who came in bought something,” Pinansky said.
‘They were people on a mission,” he added.
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He speculated sales might have increased for businesses this year because last year’s traditional shopping days were overshadowed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“I would like to think that people here are feeling more comfortable,” he said.