Dothan 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                               119      176.8            130      158.8           -8.5       11.4       -9.8
   General Merchandise                 29      202.6             23        (D)           26.1        (D)        (D)
   Apparel                             76       48.7            124       43.2          -38.7       12.8       -8.7
   Furniture, etc.                     76       43.8             90       44.6          -15.6       -1.8      -20.5
   Automotive                          84      200.6             98      221.0          -14.3       -9.2      -26.5
   Gasoline Service Stations           70       56.4             71       41.0           -1.4       37.6       11.4
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              51       83.8             54       55.9           -5.6       49.9       21.4
   Eating and Drinking Places         209       94.8            185       79.8           13.0       18.8       -3.8
   Drug Stores                         29       29.0             41       19.8          -29.3       46.6       18.7
   Miscellaneous Retail               177       67.8            179        (D)           -1.1        (D)        (D)

   Total, all sales at retail         920    1,004.3            995      845.4           -7.5       18.8       -3.8


   (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.