Adventures in Selling Baked Goods

[Chocolatl]

I'm not sure what the deal is. It's not just me -- the market hasn't had a lot of foot traffic. Some of my fellow vendors go the whole day without a sale or only make one or two sales. Kitsune hypothesizes maybe people are hitting the malls for their holiday shopping instead of browsing street markets. :-/

[Lamplighter]

The mood is winter even if Florida's weather is not.

Plus, families only have so much $ for holiday spending,/
Once it's spent, it can't be spent again and merchants know this.

.. so we have Black Friday on Nov 1st... next year it'll be Oct 15th

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

Kitsune hypothesizes maybe people are hitting the malls for their holiday shopping instead of browsing street markets. :-/

Probably true, dedicated shopping expeditions complete with the gnashing of teeth and renting of cloth, looking for the only toilet water Aunt Edith will accept.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

I'm not sure what the deal is. It's not just me -- the market hasn't had a lot of foot traffic. Some of my fellow vendors go the whole day without a sale or only make one or two sales. Kitsune hypothesizes maybe people are hitting the malls for their holiday shopping instead of browsing street markets. :-/

fwiw: I have done the bulk of my holiday shopping at street markets, (Pike Place Market and Portland Saturday Market), with a total of five gifts so far. clodfobble had a nice post about shopping for gifts.... my strong preference is to vote with my wallet, and I like to vote for local/independent producers.

I wish you the best.