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Article: STATE RETAIL-SALES GROWTH OUTPACES CLARK COUNTY'S
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
- Article date:
- April 1, 1998
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CRAIG BROWN
The Columbian
04-01-1998
Slower construction and consumers continuing to shop in Oregon may be to blame for sales tax numbers that suggest Clark County’s business growth slowed last year.
The county failed to keep pace with the state’s retail-sales growth in the third quarter of 1997, according to a new report from the Washington Department of Revenue. Fourth-quarter statistics covering the months of October, November and December have not been released.
Clark County’s third-quarter total taxable retail sales were up 7.4 percent over 1996, compared to a 9.6 percent increase statewide. In four of the past five years, Clark County’s retail-sales growth ...
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