Colonel Reb merchandise sales increase

Recently the University of Mississippi has issued the final date in which manufacturers can produce merchandise bearing the Colonel Reb logo. The decision was made to finally phase out Colonel Reb as a symbol of the university. Since the date that Colonel Reb will be fazed out has been released, customers having been purchasing large quantities bearing the symbol before it runs out. Stores throughout Oxford such as Campus Book Mart, are ordering as much Colonel Reb merchandise as possible in order to try and meet the demand made by customers. This high demand has caused profits to increase tremendously according to local store owners. Profits have even seen an increase of up to fifty to sixty percent.