Decatur 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                               109      183.4            104      125.5            4.8       46.1       18.4
   General Merchandise                 28      118.0             26        (D)            7.7        (D)        (D)
   Apparel                             58       44.0             69       32.9          -15.9       33.6        8.2
   Furniture, etc.                     65       32.7             67       31.9           -3.0        2.5      -17.0
   Automotive                          60      218.0             72      196.5          -16.7       10.9      -10.2
   Gasoline Service Stations           70       64.5             56       33.8           25.0       90.7       54.5
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              50       57.7             39       37.4           28.2       54.2       24.9
   Eating and Drinking Places         172       77.3            160       54.1            7.5       42.8       15.7
   Drug Stores                         38       38.9             37       21.6            2.7       80.1       45.9
   Miscellaneous Retail               139       54.5            118        (D)           17.8        (D)        (D)

   Total, all sales at retail         789      888.8            748      659.5            5.5       34.8        9.2


   (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.