Gadsden 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                                60      144.9             71      124.6          -15.5       16.3       -5.8
   General Merchandise                 21      101.0             19       74.3           10.5       35.9       10.1
   Apparel                             47       33.8             61       28.5          -23.0       18.7       -3.9
   Furniture, etc.                     46       34.3             47       27.8           -2.1       23.3       -0.1
   Automotive                          49      103.3             61      122.4          -19.7      -15.6      -31.7
   Gasoline Service Stations           57       41.6             75       32.9          -24.0       26.5        2.5
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              24       37.2             29       28.4          -17.2       31.1        6.2
   Eating and Drinking Places         129       60.2            117       45.4           10.3       32.6        7.4
   Drug Stores                         26       23.7             30       20.1          -13.3       17.9       -4.5
   Miscellaneous Retail                90       31.9            106       32.7          -15.1       -2.4      -20.9

   Total, all sales at retail         549      612.0            616      537.0          -10.9       14.0       -7.7


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