Grand Forks retailers hopeful as Black Friday approaches – Grand Forks Herald

GRAND FORKS – Grand Forks store owners and the business community in general are hoping for a big Black Friday, even as the lingering effects of the pandemic, online shopping strategies by the nation's big retailers and inflation may have caused a shift in how customers shop on the so-called "holiday" after Thanksgiving.

But with the pandemic subsiding and the number of cars crossing the U.S.-Canada border at Pembina on the rise, there is optimism in Greater Grand Forks that perhaps didn't exist over the past two holiday seasons.

“We are . . .