Tuscaloosa 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                               109      212.8            125      162.1          -12.8       31.2        6.3
   General Merchandise                 20      153.0             21      118.0           -4.8       29.7        5.0
   Apparel                             86       70.5            101       45.7          -14.9       54.2       24.9
   Furniture, etc.                     82       51.1             81       42.5            1.2       20.2       -2.7
   Automotive                          73      214.2             76      190.8           -3.9       12.3       -9.1
   Gasoline Service Stations           84      103.3             78       69.5            7.7       48.7       20.4
   Lumber, Hardware, etc.              46       78.2             43       68.6            7.0       14.0       -7.6
   Eating and Drinking Places         214      110.3            190       75.9           12.6       45.3       17.7
   Drug Stores                         38       51.6             37       31.9            2.7       61.8       31.0
   Miscellaneous Retail               160       64.9            168       52.3           -4.8       24.1        0.5

   Total, all sales at retail         912    1,109.9            920      857.2           -0.9       29.5        4.9


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