Article: Colorado Springs Retailers Report Sales up 12.6 Percent from Year Ago.(Originated from Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colo.)

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--Mar. 5--Colorado Springs retailers bucked national sales trends in a big way in January, when the city's sales tax receipts increased by 12.6 percent over the same month a year ago.

Department stores, discounters, hotels and auto dealers had a strong month, but local stores selling furniture and appliances started the year with a whopping 28.5 percent increase over January 1995, according to the City Controller's Office.

"What we're seeing is the effect of the significant amount of new construction that's occurred over the last few years," said economist Dave Bamberger. "Overall, these numbers just tell us that the consumer economy in ...

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