- July 3, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Staff photo by Clay Schuldt
The TNT Fireworks tent in the Wal-Mart parking lot is once again operated by Ann and Curt Miller. Firework sales are going steady this holiday season, but supplies could fizzle out before the Fourth.
NEW ULM — Independence Day is an explosive weekend for firework sales and the local fireworks stand is preparing for a rush.
For the last few years Curt and Ann Miller, along with the rest of their family, have operated the TNT Fireworks stand from the Wal-Mart parking lot.
The Miller family is back in 2021, though this year firework sellers are feeling the impact of the pandemic.
The COVID pandemic cut into the supply chain. Ann Miller said their inventory is smaller as a result. Oddly enough, last year during the height of the pandemic, the supply of firework products was not hit hard, but in 2021, as the country is reopening, the impact to the firework business is being…
