Signs of Spring 2014

Many of  the questions we get at the mall Customer Service desk are seasonal:

• During the holiday season there are a lot of queries about calendars and edible gift stores. 
• Right after the first of the year people are looking for places that sell planners and organization things.  
• Next comes Valentine's Day, and everyone wants to know where the candy and jewelry stores are.  
• March is Spring Break season.  People figure out they need swimming suits for their warm weather destinations, and have to know which places have them in stock.  
• When Spring Break is over it's time to ask about prom dresses. 
• Mother's Day brings another upsurge in questions about jewelry stores.  (Oddly enough, there are no corresponding Father's Day questions.)
• At back to school time there's an increase in inquiries about stores that carry backpacks.
• In early October it's all about the Halloween costume stores.

This morning I got a question that made me think that spring really is on its way.  A woman asked me where in the mall she could buy a pair of foam clogs--the ones that have a name similar to a reptile. 

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