Marble Falls store selling eclipse-branded items as celestial event gets closer

MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) -- One store in Marble Falls is hoping to capitalize on the eclipse by making a whole series of eclipse-branded merchandise.

Kim Collins, owner of The Market Place, said with an event of this magnitude, people should make sure they're ready.

The store has T-shirts, mugs, stickers and eclipse candles as part of the store's preparations for the cosmic event, which happens in less than two weeks.

"We're going to have these large groups of people coming in, so we need to be prepared," Collins said. "They're coming to buy stuff whether we like it or not, so we'll embrace it."

Marble Falls is right in the heart of the eclipse's totality, meaning the town will spend more than four minutes in its shadow.

Other places around Central Texas, like Dripping Springs and Travis County, have issued disaster declarations for the day of the celestial event.