Anniston MSA 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                                62      152.3             71      100.2          -12.7       52.0       23.1
   General Merchandise                 21      127.6             18       86.3           16.7       47.9       19.8
   Apparel                             43       29.6             45       31.4           -4.4       -5.6      -23.6
   Furniture, etc.                     54       26.0             56       19.6           -3.6       32.5        7.3
   Automotive                          71      184.0             71      169.5            0.0        8.5      -12.1
   Gasoline Service Stations           82       64.2             85       51.4           -3.5       24.9        1.1
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              34       35.3             43       34.4          -20.9        2.7      -16.8
   Eating and Drinking Places         145       78.6            119       59.9           21.8       31.2        6.3
   Drug Stores                         32       28.3             37       22.6          -13.5       25.3        1.5
   Miscellaneous Retail               132       54.9            127       39.7            3.9       38.4       12.1

   Total, all sales at retail         676      780.8            672      615.0            0.6       27.0        2.8


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