Holiday Pop-Up Shops opening soon in Oklahoma City’s Midtown

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Holiday buying is simply across the nook and a one-stop store makes it simpler than ever to assist native companies.

The Holiday Pop-up Shops are opening in Midtown this Friday.

The pop-up retailers are at all times an ideal place to assist native companies and discover actually particular presents to place below the tree.

“There’s a lot of lack of thoughtfulness, I guess, with gift giving, so we wanted to help make it easy to actually do something that’s so personal,” mentioned Logan McAlister, proprietor of Resonate Gifts in Moore. 

Logan and his spouse, Paige, are organising a pop-up model of their store to welcome new purchasers in Midtown.

“We do a lot of engraved tumblers, engraved charcuterie boards, all sorts of personalized gifts,” mentioned Paige McAlister. 

“We just want to create something that’s really thoughtful for people to give,” Logan McAlister mentioned.

Resonate Gifts is one among 16 retailers that can open over the following a number of weekends for the tenth 12 months of those Holiday Pop-Up Shops, a beloved custom for a lot of.

“These small businesses heavily rely on their presence at the pop-up shops to help carry them through the slow months of the winter in January, February,” mentioned Cléo Nash, Executive Director of Independent Shopkeepers Association. 

Organizers say these sluggish months come on prime of a number of sluggish years for native companies.

While 2020 was a difficult 12 months for mother and pop retailers, they are saying 2022 hasn’t precisely been a breeze they usually’re hoping Oklahoma City will present up large for them this 12 months.

“They are the reason that our city is so special,” Nash mentioned. “They give back to our city more financially and culturally than big box stores do. So we’re hoping that we can show them as much support as they need right now because they really need it.”

The pop-up retailers are situated at N.W. tenth and Hudson.

They open Friday, Nov. 25 and will probably be open each weekend till Dec. 18. Each weekend, the retailers change so there’s one thing new to take a look at!