Ancillary sales rise with steins at Oktoberfest
Figpickels Toy Emporium Co-owner Susan Sommer checks on inventory in her downtown shop on Monday.
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Natasha Sizemore works inside downtown's Coeur d’Alene Clothing Company on Monday.
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Many came dressed for Friday's Oktoberfest celebration in downtown Coeur d'Alene. From left, Gary Hartman, Sue Hartman, Derik Lavers, Shelley McGinley and Jake McGinley.
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Consumers nabbed more clothes off the racks. The local tobacco shop sold more cigars. One retailer hosted a beer kegger, of which two kegs were nearly depleted.
Oktoberfest, a two-day event that drew nearly 2,000 people to downtown Coeur d’Alene this past weekend, boosted ancillary businesses up and down Sherman Avenue.
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