The Corn Palace Gift Shop sales numbers are looking good. Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce CEO Geri Beck gave an update to the Mitchell City Council on Monday night.
She says the combined gift shops, consisting of the west gift shop across from the Corn Palace and the Corn Palace floor gift shop, are up 6% year to date. Beck told the council that July was their turnaround month, as sales had been down year to date until then. July 2023 was 17% higher than July 2022. Through August 20th, the month of August is 4.5% higher than last year. She says September will be a key month to determine whether the gift shop sales will be up or down from last year.