Mobile 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                               369      739.7            367      591.6            0.5       25.0        1.3
   General Merchandise                 76      505.9             97      348.2          -21.6       45.3       17.7
   Apparel                            261      189.0            290      116.7          -10.0       62.0       31.2
   Furniture, etc.                    217      147.0            231      102.9           -6.1       42.9       15.7
   Automotive                         268      739.4            260      628.6            3.1       17.6       -4.7
   Gasoline Service Stations          261      308.3            294      219.8          -11.2       40.3       13.6
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.             125      212.6            151      144.4          -17.2       47.2       19.3
   Eating and Drinking Places         716      336.9            674      254.0            6.2       32.6        7.4
   Drug Stores                        114      163.9            144      119.7          -20.8       36.9       10.9
   Miscellaneous Retail               547      253.7            474      188.7           15.4       34.4        8.9

   Total, all sales at retail       2,954    3,596.3          2,982    2,714.7           -0.9       32.5        7.3


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