Alabama Retail Sales by Kind of Business, 1987 and 1992

                               ---------1992---------    ---------1987---------    -------Pct. Change, 1987-92------
                                Number of    Sales        Number of    Sales        Number of    Sales      Sales
   Kind of Business               Estab.  ($million)        Estab.  ($million)        Estab.  ($current) ($constant)

   Food                             3,128    5,681.7          3,233    4,475.6           -3.2       26.9        2.8
   General Merchandise                818    3,903.0            831    2,652.3           -1.6       47.2       19.2
   Apparel                          2,045    1,479.1          2,458    1,149.6          -16.8       28.7        4.2
   Furniture, etc.                  1,826    1,202.5          1,889      893.4           -3.3       34.6        9.0
   Automotive                       2,208    6,174.8          2,314    5,393.4           -4.6       14.5       -7.3
   Gasoline Service Stations        2,185    2,137.5          2,229    1,452.9           -2.0       47.1       19.2
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.           1,227    1,626.8          1,346    1,259.5           -8.8       29.2        4.6
   Eating and Drinking Places       5,326    2,496.2          4,644    1,818.8           14.7       37.2       11.2
   Drug Stores                      1,022    1,132.9          1,162      762.8          -12.0       48.5       20.3
   Miscellaneous Retail             4,274    1,899.1          3,986    1,402.6            7.2       35.4        9.7

   Total, all sales at retail      24,059   27,733.6         24,092   21,260.9           -0.1       30.4        5.7


   Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1987 and 1992 Economic Censuses, and Center for
            Business and Economic Research, The University of Alabama.