- December 17, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
PHOENIX – Shopping is picking up in Arizona, spurred by the upcoming holidays, and that has made business leaders pretty jolly.
“What we’re seeing here in Arizona, it’s very good. We’re seeing it show up in up our sales tax numbers,” Danny Seiden, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News on Thursday.
“Our sales tax revenue category continues its streak of double-digit growth in October, increasing by about 15% and the forecast gain is about $32 million and that’s before we even get into the Christmas season,” he said.
The numbers are pretty good when stacked against pre-COVID shopping, he added, but quite good compared to 2020 pandemic shopping.
Business at the Arizona-Mexico border has seen a bump, too, Seiden said, not even counting holiday shopping, which starts to steamroll at the end of November and through December.
“All…
