These last few days have been intense. The fact that five weekends fell between Thanksgiving and Christmas changed shopping patterns, he said. People were able to put off their buying this year. At the Old Town General Store in the Wichita Farm and Art Market, sales have been slower than last year but were perking up toward the end of the week, said owner Pat Henry. She speculated that high gasoline prices, a slackening economy and uncertainty over the presidential election may have slowed sales.
Retail goes in cycles anyway.
It's not my worst year ever.