It looks like holiday shopping gave South Dakota retailers a small boost at the end of last year.

Shawn Lyons, Executive Director of the Retailers Association says they are starting to see the first reports from the last month of 2014…

 

Lyons says results for retailers were mixed…

 

Lyons says they will get a better idea when the state releases the final sales tax numbers for the year…

 

National estimates were looking for a four percent increase in holiday sales.