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Tax-free weekend boosts downtown Gainesville boutiques
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Jessie Morton and Terri Moret shop at District Clothing Co. on Saturday on the square in Gainesville. Many were out for back-to-school shopping Saturday, taking advantage of tax-free weekend. - photo by Erin O. Smith
With the new school year only days away, businesses all along the downtown Gainesville square were flooded by shoppers this weekend, many of them in search of stylish deals provided by Georgia’s sales tax holidays, held Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the weekend boutiques and shops like Dress Up, District 101, Image and J.R. Crider’s had their hands full helping people of all ages find new clothes for school and work. “It was a lot of fun,” said Hailey Pugh, a sales associate at Dress Up Boutique.