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Published July 02, 2008 08:15 pm - By David Lazenby davidl@cullmantimes.com Following a dud year in which drought soured area fireworks sales, retailers are expecting sky-high business during this year’s Fourth of July holiday, a season when the fireworks business is at its hottest. Fireworks retailers expecting sales to skyrocket The Cullman Times By David Lazenby
davidl@cullmantimes.com Following a dud year in which drought soured area fireworks sales, retailers are expecting sky-high business during this year’s Fourth of July holiday, a season when the fireworks business is at its hottest. Although many businesses are being hurt by high gas prices, one woman in the firework business said she believes the cost of fuel may boost firework sales. “I think this year with the economy the way it is, people are going to stay home more, so they’re probably going to put more money into fireworks,” said Brenda Barnette who each year operates Fireworks for Jesus, a stand at the corner of Alabama highways 157 and 69 which raises money for her church, Spirit Life. Chad Alexander, a firework vendor with several stands throughout Cullman County, agreed. “It looks like people are going to be staying home and shooting fireworks this year instead of taking vacations,” he said. Another fireworks vendor, Brenda Roberts, who owns Crazy Qs Fireworks in Good Hope, said her hopes are not as high. “I have been concerned about the economy,” said Roberts. However, on Wednesday she said sales seem to be brisker than usual. One reason fireworks sellers have to be optimistic is the day on which the Fourth falls. “When it’s in the middle of the week, you sell less fireworks, when it’s a long weekend, people tend to come out and do more,” Barnette said. “It’s going to be a major boost,” Alexander said. The biggest factor affecting fireworks sales this year is rain. Dealers say a ban on fireworks last year reduced their sales by at least 50 percent. “We did about a quarter of what we normally did,” said Alexander. 
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