Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants remain cautiously optimistic

Broker says businesses are relying on consumer pent-up demand and touchless experiences to overcome virus fears.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 7, 2020
COURTESY PHOTO -- Gulf Coast restaurants , such as the Gulf Drive Cafe on Holmes Beach, remain cautiously optimistic that pent-up demand will fuel future sales.
COURTESY PHOTO -- Gulf Coast restaurants , such as the Gulf Drive Cafe on Holmes Beach, remain cautiously optimistic that pent-up demand will fuel future sales.
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            Tampa Bay retailers and restaurants remain cautiously optimistic about their collective recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for the most part, even as the health crisis enters its sixth month and infections surge statewide.

 

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