Christmas market vendors, organizers say ‘too many markets’ are hurting business

Group of people shopping at an outdoors public market in winter. Everybody is dressed in winter clothes, there is a woman with a baby, a little girl and a teenager, all from the same family. Typical nordic way of life in Quebec, Canada. Horizontal wa

Beverly Glover has been selling fruitcakes and other confections at holiday markets across Calgary for eight years. Now, she’s feeling the effects of a seemingly oversaturated market.