Birmingham 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                               570    1,222.7            621      976.5           -8.2       25.2        1.4
   General Merchandise                129      878.4            123        (D)            4.9        (D)        (D)
   Apparel                            444      429.9            537      359.0          -17.3       19.7       -3.0
   Furniture, etc.                    392      322.1            423        (D)           -7.3        (D)        (D)
   Automotive                         385    1,612.9            405    1,417.0           -4.9       13.8       -7.8
   Gasoline Service Stations          388      470.2            412      330.2           -5.8       42.4       15.3
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.             208      296.2            252      255.4          -17.5       16.0       -6.1
   Eating and Drinking Places       1,204      627.2          1,048      467.1           14.9       34.3        8.8
   Drug Stores                        216      274.0            246      179.6          -12.2       52.6       23.6
   Miscellaneous Retail               948      594.4            860        (D)           10.2        (D)        (D)

   Total, all sales at retail       4,884    6,728.1          4,927    5,214.0           -0.9       29.0        4.5


   (D) - Withheld to avoid disclosing operations of individual companies.

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