1) Hamptons Online looks at the success of the Bridgehampton and East Hampton Pharmacies this week, discovering that the specialty shops are surviving East End winters quite nicely. Despite opening a second location (in Bridgehampton) just as Wall Street crashed, owner Frank Calvo tells the site he is happy to have expanded during a time when countless stores were forced to close up. [Hamptons Online]
2) In Sag Harbor, shopkeepers tell The Express that holiday sales were just fine, but the December weather kept things slow. Shoppers seemed focused on certain items like those ever-popular Zhu Zhu Pets, which sold out three times at the village's Variety Store. [SH Express]
3) The Shoe-Inn Warehouse Sale rises again. East Hampton's shoe emporium brings its mega-discounts to the city, setting up January 2nd-January 6th at Gotham Hall. Shoes are marked at $19.99-$99.99 and boots at $34.99-$199.99. [CurbedWire]