Mass.Sales totals may top rush before Christmas

The sales tax-free weekend was a huge success in Massachusetts.The Boton Globe is reporting:

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.

Low taxes to seem to help economic activity.