Business View Caribbean | Volume 8, Issue 12

41 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 8, ISSUE 12 GORHAM’ S LTD variety of products.” Relying 100% on local customers, Gorham’s has been fortunate not to have the same issues many of Bermuda’s businesses have faced during the pandemic, especially those in the hospitality and tourism industry. “They had tons of restrictions, whereas the only restrictions we had are the number of people that were allowed to be in the store at any given point,” says McKay, adding, “We had the ability to turn people through the cash registers quickly, so we were able to keep the traffic flowing quite smoothly.” Throughout 2021, the company has continued to offer promotions and events, although at a different scale than years before. Mackay admits, “We haven’t been able to do as big an event because there still are some restrictions with the number of people that you can have within a building, and there still is the nervousness of people being too close together. We usually have corporate nights for Christmas, where we do 315-253-3983 Lumberjohn@verizon.net 4492 State Route 38 Auburn, NY 13021 Owasco Lumber & Forest Products, Inc. Distributor of Fine Imported Meranti & Hardwood Plywood