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Dakotas retailers expecting strong holiday sales
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ Retailers in the Dakotas are expecting

strong holiday sales despite a summer of drought.

Mike Rud  with the North Dakota Retail Association and

Shawn Lyons with the South Dakota Retailers Association say it was

a good year in the agriculture community despite the dry

conditions. North Dakota's economy also is bolstered by the booming

western oil patch. And the two states didn't experience the severe

flooding this year that they did in 2011.

Rud says he expects holiday sales in North Dakota to be up 5 or

6 percent over last year. Lyons predicts the increase in South

Dakota will be anywhere from 3 to 7 percent.