Improving sales tax numbers apparently set the stage for a good finish to 2011 for retailers. Shawn Lyons, executive director of the South Dakota Retailers Association says they are hearing lots of positive reports…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/Shawn-Lyons-112a.mp3|titles=Shawn Lyons 112a]Sales tax results for November show Sioux Falls up five point two percent, Aberdeen up six point eight percent, Rapid City up seven point eight percent, Yankton up fourteen point six percent, and Pierre up twenty point seven percent. Lyons says those numbers are part of a longer trend…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/Shawn-Lyons-112b.mp3|titles=Shawn Lyons 112b]Lyons says despite the improvements, there are still financial problems looming…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/01/Shawn-Lyons-112c.mp3|titles=Shawn Lyons 112c](courtesy WNAX Yankton)