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Article: Sarpy County, Neb., Shows Retail Strength.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 19, 2001
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By Daniel P. Finney, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 19--Santa Claus skipped most Nebraska businesses during the holiday shopping season, but the folks in Sarpy County must have left St. Nick a pretty tasty plate of cookies.
Sarpy County's net taxable sales during December increased 11.8 percent over the same month in 1999. The county notched $66.2 million worth of net taxable sales in December, up from $59.2 million the previous year. December is the most recent month for which the net taxable sales figures are available.
Sarpy County's percent increase was nearly 10 times the statewide average increase of ...