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Online Retailers Shouldn’t Fear a Sales Tax
Price is not the advantage it once was.
Not bothered by penny pinchers.
Photographer: Bess Adler/Bloomberg
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Old-school retailers were doing the press-release version of a touchdown dance on Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that state governments can require internet retailers to collect sales taxes even if they don’t have a physical presence in that state.
Matthew Shay, the CEO of the National Retail Federation, said in a statement that retailers “have been waiting for this day for more than two decades” because, in their view, it creates a more level playing field for both traditional stores and digital upstarts.