October Was a Great Month
It seems that Home of Economy rises and falls in an opposite direction than the national economy. (That probably is true of much of North Dakota.)
Anyway October as a great month, it seems mostly because of the early winter weather we had early in the month. I have to tell you that it’s a LOT more fun going to work when we’re on a good streak.
Carhartt led the way with a 30% plus sales increase. Tires and Batteries also had awesome increases over 20%. Anti Freeze sold great as well.
When we’re bringing people in for that stuff we do well all over. We had a nice month from Science Diet pet food to Ariat western boots.
Furniture did great as well. We were up 30% in the all important Countryview Amish Furniture line.
What makes this even better is that we’ve been putting together a lot of good Octobers in a row. So when you have a strong month in comparison with a very strong month the year before you’ve got to be happy.