While many retail stores remain closed and some have announced they can no longer survive the COVID-19 closures, one business in the Edmonton region is booming — or rather blooming.
Blooming Buds, at 5910 99 Street in south Edmonton, more than doubled its sales over past Mother’s Day weekends. The owner of the shop, Don Mah, called the surge in business, “unexpected.” Mah has been running his flower shop for more than 30 years and was forced to close the store front, but said online sales have been steady. “It’s actually been very, very busy and very hectic, ” Mah said.
Mah said he was working Monday to fill the backlog of Mother’s Day flower orders and he thinks flowers were the number one choice because shopping inside stores and malls