Florence 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                               116      191.9            124      158.5           -6.5       21.1       -1.9
   General Merchandise                 30      186.7             32      120.5           -6.3       55.0       25.5
   Apparel                             77       52.1             93       31.6          -17.2       65.0       33.6
   Furniture, etc.                     64       36.5             63       26.3            1.6       38.6       12.3
   Automotive                          84      239.1             80      168.1            5.0       42.2       15.2
   Gasoline Service Stations           66       54.9             66       37.3            0.0       47.2       19.2
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              43       69.1             50       48.7          -14.0       42.0       15.0
   Eating and Drinking Places         208       89.8            173       59.4           20.2       51.1       22.4
   Drug Stores                         46       32.1             45       17.8            2.2       80.1       45.9
   Miscellaneous Retail               142       55.7            153       47.3           -7.2       17.7       -4.6

   Total, all sales at retail         876    1,007.9            879      715.6           -0.3       40.8       14.1


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