Shoppers pack stores for tax-free weekend

KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 3--Customers packed Lynchburg businesses Saturday as Virginia's tax-free weekend continued. Businesses, as part of the sales-tax holiday announced by the Virginia Department of Taxation, marked off the 5 percent tax on back-to-school items and clothing. River Ridge mall manager James Dolan said most businesses in the city's shopping hub, especially clothing and shoe stores, staffed like they would for a holiday. "The shoe stores are having a great day," Dolan said, adding that he took advantage of the deal himself. "I just got some (shoes) for the kids," he said. The mall stayed open until 10 p.m. Saturday, and Dolan said the doors would not close until 7 p.m., an hour later than usual, today, the last day for shoppers to avoid sales tax. Lynchburg's Best Buy, in the Wards Crossing... [read full story]