RETAIL : Westminster Mall Looking Forward to Prosperous Season
Compiled by Greg Johnson, Times staff writer
Westminster Mall, in a news release dated Monday, quotes economists as predicting a “prosperous Christmas for Orange County retailers.”
According to Westminster Mall, an economist with KeyCorp, an Albany, N.Y.-based banking company, predicts that Orange County consumers will spend between 7% and 10% more than they did during last year’s holiday season.
What will that buy? Westminster Mall’s marketing director, Stephanie Greene, is betting that consumers will be buying luxury personal items, large-screen televisions, toys and high-tech electronics products.
