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1 November 1988/A Special Advertising Sect! PV - fW' ?? fpl u yt,</a5^aE^$S@Hisa$5i8SJB6?G PERM 4 SALE >M OFF !g| Regulary s42 up Cut Extra IrSf! Expires: November 26, 1988 v MUST PRESENT AD Salon Hours: MYRTLE SQUARE: Monday-Saturday 9 am-7 pm Sunday 1 pm-6 pm BRIARCLIFFE: C Monday-Saturday 9 am-9 pm Sunday 1 pm-6 pm 5-118172 ion ATTTTTTTTja^l *? I '' j {' TO RECEIVE DISCOUNT Hair plus* OMMITTED TO TOTAL CUENT SATISFACTION BRIARCL1FFE MALL 272-2531 MYRTLE SQUARE MALL 448-2600 |Arrival WWWV Christmas Me Sales, Locals Copy provided by Briarcliffc Mall \ 'ir'stmas means a l?t of differe v* ill ''lings to different people ? ch ^l^fcClren think of Santa, churches stre tv. niu i trc 11 11 iLTdl III 1^ 1^1 V^.l 11 IMII Idh, til v' teachers think of vacation time away fro Sri school. k| But when you say Christmas to nu fm chants, it means their livelihood. To man ' ( I this is a make or break time of year. means long hours, crowded stores, ext ;V|| inventory, and of course, sales. To Kay Brinn, owner of Petland at Brie cliffe Mall, it means puppy sales. "This is definitely our biggest time of ye | as far as pets go and especially puppies -i Brinn said. "Giving a pet as a gift is a w, of bringing life to Christmas." Brinn must bring a lot of life to the ho day season because he says he sells many as 10 puppies a week during the s weeks leading up to Christmas. "I guess kids have always been at the tc of the list at Christmas and toy stores ar vd clr?r/?c tr iflif i/\r* 11lw rl/v |/v* Iittvmiv/Iiniiy vivj VVV.:il llll?> III I It" year," he says. "Because of what we se this is obviously a happy place to work ar especially so during the holidays. You s< the parents come in with their children ar their eyes light up when they see those litt puppies with wagging tails." Christmas Joy, a specialty shop .it Bri.: clilfe Mall that sells nothing hut Christm items, deals with Christmas all year Ion Tourists come in during the summer ar hiiv Chrkimns-relaled items, but it's not III ans Puppy And Children the holiday season. "Christmas, to us, means locals from Conway, Loris, Myrtle Beach, and North nt Myrtle Beach coming in and picking up il- Christmas scenes, lighted houses, old-limey ss Santas, ornaments and lights," said Jan Arid dan, manager of the Briarcliffe Mall store, m "Summer is probably bigger for us in terms Mt In i?;int*cc In if thic timo wnar liict w I/UJM IV. f i.?vn \i - III i IV. vyi J *. H I jU .IV I. I I 1.7 >r- to bring out the spirit in most people. We y, have some summer customers coming in It chanting 'Ho,Ho,Ho,' but you really see it ra this time of year." K & K Toys at Briarc litte Mall is another ir- popular place during the holidays for obvious reasons, ar Assistant manager Brian Stone says ," Christmas at K & K means Nintendo carfly tridges and systems such as Pac Man and Bases Loaded for younger and older chilli dren; Micro Machines, a variety of small as toys that younger children fancy; and word ix games for adults like Pictionary and Scruples. ip Christmas at Radio Shack at Briarcliffe id means anything and everything that makes of noise, plays music or displays visuals, acII, cording to store manager Brent Anders. id "This time of year, we sell everything [?e from flashlights for kids that bounce when id you drop them to computers, boom boxes le and battery-operated radio sets." Anders says the national retailer also sells ir- business systems, but not usually during the as busy holiday season. "During the holidays, g. it's gifts and stocking stuffers," he said. "A id lot more $2.99 items are moved than the <e $1,200 systems."
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