EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)\u2014 Dozens of local stores are preparing for a rush of customers this Christmas season, including DOC\u2019s Unique Collectibles.<\/p>\n
Business advocates encourage holiday shoppers to shop local and support locally owned businesses.<\/p>\n
DOC\u2019s Unique Collectibles is described as a collector\u2019s dream shop, with thousands of items available. It specializes in high-end products, statues, posters and figures\u2014making it a perfect destination for local shoppers.<\/p>\n
Nayeli Cordero, a five-year employee, told ABC-7 they saw a decrease in sales last Christmas season. <\/p>\n
“We definitely saw a decrease last year. It wasn’t as busy as we thought it was going to be.”<\/p>\n
Because of the recent government shutdown, Cordero said they had also seen a drastic decline in customers. Many of their regulars are military personnel or government employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, we definitely saw less customers coming in. I mean, we had good foot traffic. But as far as people actually spending or wanting to buy something, they would hold back a little bit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Cordero said while they are a little worried, they remain optimistic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, because, like, with the economy and everything, we understand, you know? Priorities. Families come first. You know? We always tell our customers, ‘You know, make sure you take care of the important things and then come shop here at DOC’s.\u2019 So we completely understand that,\u201d Cordero added.<\/p>\n
She said they don\u2019t know what to expect this year, but the store offers flexible options like rewards programs, Afterpay and even layaway.<\/p>\n
“We do see a lot of our regular customers taking advantage of any sales that, that we do have. So it’s always nice to see them.<\/p>\n
She said supporting local businesses also means helping out your community.<\/p>\n
“One of the things that makes us different from the big chain companies is that we carry those higher-end products so that you can see it in person, because, yeah, you can see it online, but when you come here to the shop and you see what the product looks like, you’re even more amazed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Remember to shop local this holiday season. DOC\u2019s Unique Collectibles is located at 2077 N Zaragoza Rd Suite A-103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)\u2014 Dozens of local stores are preparing for a rush of customers this Christmas season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-68420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}