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MA Small Businesses Hope Sales Tax Holiday Weekend Provides Much Needed Boost

Small businesses are hoping a busy sales tax holiday weekend will be the jump start they desperately need.

“If people come in they’ll find something they want and buy it and be happy about it,” said Mike Buglio, owner of Arlington’s Book Rack.
“If people come in they’ll find something they want and buy it and be happy about it,” said Mike Buglio, owner of Arlington’s Book Rack. (WBZ-TV)

BOSTON (CBS) – After a dormant spring, retailers hope the tax free weekend will provide a much needed boost.

"If people come in they’ll find something they want and buy it and be happy about it," said Mike Buglio, owner of Arlington’s Book Rack – now in its 45th year of business. "But you’ve got to get them out of the house because it’s so hard these days."

For many small businesses, that was a challenge even before Covid-19 hit. Now they’re hoping a busy sales tax holiday weekend will be the jump start they desperately need.

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