Montgomery 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                               192      402.2            170      298.8           12.9       34.6        9.0
   General Merchandise                 43      335.6             39        (D)           10.3        (D)        (D)
   Apparel                            176      134.8            201       87.2          -12.4       54.6       25.2
   Furniture, etc.                    142      126.0            129       82.7           10.1       52.4       23.4
   Automotive                         147      557.0            146      478.9            0.7       16.3       -5.8
   Gasoline Service Stations          199      213.9            179      148.8           11.2       43.8       16.4
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              89      122.3             94      102.8           -5.3       19.0       -3.6
   Eating and Drinking Places         413      216.2            322      165.9           28.3       30.3        5.5
   Drug Stores                         66       86.8             67       54.4           -1.5       59.6       29.3
   Miscellaneous Retail               342      141.5            300        (D)           14.0        (D)        (D)

   Total, all sales at retail       1,809    2,336.5          1,647    1,780.7            9.8       31.2        6.3


   (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.