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Lucille Perry, a sales associate at Sears, assisted Kym Miller, with son Kym Jr., yesterday at the South Shore Plaza.

Tax-free weekend a gift to retailers

Sales totals may top rush before Christmas

By Michael Levenson
Globe Correspondent / August 15, 2005

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BRAINTREE -- They're calling it Christmas in August. Inundated with shoppers on a sultry, summer weekend, giddy retailers said yesterday that the state's first-ever Saturday and Sunday without a sales tax could end up being the most profitable weekend of the year, beating the $500 million in sales that shops usually reap during the final weekend rush in late December. (Full article: 905 words)

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