Special hours for December 2025

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

Happy December!

In addition to our regular hours, we will remain open until 7:00pm on Friday & Saturday, December 5 & 6 and 12 & 13 during the Pendleton Christkindlmarkt. **** EDIT **** Christkindlmarkt on Friday, December 5 has been postponed to Sunday, December 7 (same time). We will close at 5:00 on Friday, or when ever our last customer leaves after that. **** We will be OPEN on Sunday, December 7 from 4-7pm during the Pendleton Christmas Parade and Christkindlmarkt. ****

We will be open 10am – 5pm on Monday, December 22.

We will close at 4pm on December 24 & 31.

We will be closed December 25 for Christmas.

We will be closed January 1-5, 2026.

We will re-open on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 and be back to our regular business hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays 10:00am – 5:00pm.

Thank you for a wonderful year.

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas and warm wishes for a very happy New Year.

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Summer 2025 Hours @ The Mercantile

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

Our schedules were such that we could not be open late for the first two Groovin’ on the Green concerts, but we will be open late for the third! Then, we won’t be for the fourth and final one because we’re taking a long weekend to have some vacation time with family. We will re-open on Thursday the 26th at our regular time. And, as always, we will be closed for the 4th of July (but open on the 5th).

We hope everyone has a wonderful Summer.

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Groovin’ on the Green & Vacation time

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

We will stay open until 7:00pm on Wednesday, June 18th during Groovin’ on the Green. (If the concert is cancelled due to weather, please call to check to see if we are still here.)

We plan to take our Summer vacation the week of June 22. The current plan is to be closed through Thursday, the 26th. and re-open on Friday, the 27th. If anything changes, we will try to post it here, but definitely on Facebook.

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New Chocolates!

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

We have just added a new candy supplier to our collection. French Broad Chocolates is a wonderful little company out of Asheville, NC. Their chocolates are divine!

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Love is in the Square!

Posted on February 7, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

Valentine’s Day doesn’t need to only be celebrated on the 14th! The Mercantile will be open until 7:00pm on both February 12 & 13.

Join us for refreshments, make your own valentine, shop for your sweetheart, and maybe even play a game or two for game night.

We hope to see you then.

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Parking Notice

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

The town notified everyone today (2/6/2025) that the parking lot will remain closed until 2/14/2025.

If you are planning a trip to downtown Pendleton, starting this Thursday (January 30, 2025), please be aware that the parking lot will be closed to be re-surfaced. **** UPDATE **** They will begin on Wednesday 1/29/25. ****

It has been needed for a long time (it has been sealed and lines painted a couple of times, but not resurfaced since Terri got here in 1995. The town did not own the property until a long time after that), and we are grateful that the budgeting has occurred, the bids have been accepted, and it will finally happen.

Terri & Cindy plan to carpool to work during that time period and park on Broad Street to leave the spaces closer to the businesses for customers/clients of all the businesses.

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Going to Market

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Cindy Higgins

We were having trouble logging in to our administrative side of the website. Finally got in!

We are going to Market in Atlanta Thursday – Saturday, January 16-18, 2025. As a result, The Mercantile will be CLOSED those 3 days.

To make up for it, we were OPEN last Monday (1/13) and will be OPEN on MLK Day (1/20/25).

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Special Hours for the Holiday Season

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Cindy Higgins

We have updated these on our Google page, will post a sign at the store, and are adding it to our Facebook page as well.

Thursday, November 28 – Thanksgiving Day – CLOSED; During Pendleton Christkindlmarkt: Friday, November 29 (Tree Lighting) & Saturday, November 30 – OPEN 10:00am – 8:00pm; Friday, December 6 & Saturday, December 7 – OPEN 10:00am – 8:00pm, and Friday, December 13 & Saturday, December 14 – OPEN 10:00am – 8:00pm; Sunday, December 22 – OPEN 1:00 – 4:00pm; Monday, December 23 – OPEN 10:00am – 5:00pm; Christmas Eve, Wednesday, December 24 – OPEN 10:00am – 4:00pm, Christmas Day & Boxing Day, Thursday, December 25 & Friday, December 26 – CLOSED; Monday, December 30 – OPEN 10:00am – 5:00pm; New Years Eve, Wednesday, December 31 – OPEN 10:00am – 4:00pm; Thursday, January 1, 2025 – CLOSED.

****After the first of the year we will return to our regular hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10:00am – 5:00pm.****

We hope you all have a safe and enjoyable holiday season. There are so many holidays scattered throughout the next couple of months, we don’t want to miss any of them!

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Opening later on 10/12/24

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Cindy Higgins

The Mercantile will open at noon on Saturday, October 12, 2024.

We have family in town visiting and decided it was a wonderful opportunity for us to place Dad’s ashes in the crypt with Mom’s ashes. It was something that we wanted more than just the 2 of us to participate in. All 6 siblings and a few of the spouses are here (or will be) and they hail from western NY, eastern MA & east/central NC.

It will be a short ceremony and then we can let the rest of the family visit with each other while we come and spend our day in our happy place. Don’t worry, we will have Sunday and Monday to visit with all of them as well.

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Our Anniversary Month!

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Cindy Higgins

This month marks the 36th Anniversary of the store our mom started. We are honored to continue her dream.

Looking back at all the changes that have been made through the years. Shifting with the sands of time is imperative for survival.

The constants that have been with us since Day 1 in 1988: Old Fashioned Candy (bulk and novelty), Some Food items, Gourmet Coffee Beans, Candles, Baby Gifts, Children’s Books, Toys, Plush, Wind Chimes, Sercy items, Greeting Cards, and Complimentary Gift Wrap. In between we have had Collectibles, Home Decor, Rubber Stamps & Supplies, Beads & Beading Supplies, Soaps & Lotions, Garden Flags, and more… Currently, we have all the items she started with, as well as the expanded selection of Games for the whole family, Soaps & Lotions, The World’s Softest Socks, some of the Rubber Stamping Supplies, and some of the Beading Supplies. We have concentrated on the areas that have done well for us. Our food items have expanded (they always have ebbed and flowed), as have our Children’s Books, Baby Gifts, Games, Toys, and Soaps & Lotions.

In 2021 we started our renovations. We complete each stage as time and funding allow. The new flooring in January prompted us to invest in new cabinets and display shelves. There is still more to be done, but we are pleased with the progress made so far.

We will be having our 36th Anniversary Open House on Saturday, August 24. We hope you will be able to join us.

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