Category Archives: retail sales

Open a franchise in a rural community

For those of us trying to find some time to do retail development in rural areas, the challenges are numerous.  Traffic counts and rooftops may not compete with more urban areas.  In addition, local entreprenuers and developers gravitate toward non-rural … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for a lot of things. Retailers can be thankful for a month of shopping days. When was Thanksgiving Day moved (though Tennessee rebelled) to give retail businesses more shopping days? The answer…

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Finishing on a positive note

Tennessee Department of Revenue recently published May revenue collection data including local sales tax collections, which are good indicators of retail sales. Local sales tax collections for Hickman County in May showed significant positive growth for the second consecutive month.

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April Sales Tax Collections Show Improvement

I would expect that Hickman County will take a hit in May due to the flood disruptions, but April local sales tax collections signaled improvement. Hickman County’s local sales tax collections for April were up 8.6% from 2009 and were … Continue reading

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