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<br />More specific data on Canon City retail activity is contained in Table 24
<br />at the bottom of the page. In 1963 Canon City had 159 retail establishments
<br />(Table 22) which expanded to 181 in 1967 and to 196 in 1972. Retail sales
<br />in 1967 and 1972 were greatest in the food store group, representing about
<br />25-30 percent of all retail sales. The largest increase in retail sales
<br />during the period 1967-1972 was recorded in the general merchandise group
<br />(defined as department and variety stores which sell dry goods, apparel
<br />and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, small wares, hardware and
<br />food). This group nearly doubled its sales from 1967-1972, adjusted for in-
<br />flation. Increased sales in this particular store group suggests a change
<br />in local buying patterns. This change may mean that with the increased costs
<br />of transportation, and the upgrading of income, local people have now become
<br />less dependent on the larger urban areas of Colorado Springs and Pueblo for
<br />some of the more expensive and less frequently bought consumer goods. Also,
<br />the growing number of older, retired people living in the area may have
<br />contributed to the change as well if it is assumed that they, as a group, are
<br />less mobile and less inclined to drive longer distances to make purchases.
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<br />TABLE 24
<br />RETAIL TRADE BY STORE GROUP - CANON CITY (1~67 AND 1972)
<br />
<br />Total Retail Sales
<br />Food Stores
<br />Eating and Orinking
<br />Places
<br />General Merchandise
<br />Apparel and Accessory
<br />Stores
<br />Furniture, Home Fur-
<br />nishings & Equipment
<br />Stores
<br />Automotive Dealers
<br />Gasoline Stations
<br />Drug Stores & Pro-
<br />prietary Stores
<br />Building Materials &
<br />Hardware Dealers
<br />Miscellaneous Retail
<br />Stores
<br />
<br />1967
<br />
<br />1972
<br />
<br />Number of
<br />Establishments
<br />
<br />Total
<br />Sales
<br />
<br />Total
<br />Sales
<br />
<br />Number of
<br />Establishments
<br />
<br />181
<br />20
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<br />$18,695,000
<br />5,467,000
<br />1,177 ,000
<br />1,438,000
<br />(0)
<br />
<br />196
<br />13
<br />
<br />35
<br />9
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<br />$27,912,000
<br />6,757,000
<br />
<br />1.890,000
<br />4,865,000
<br />
<br />(0)
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<br />29
<br />4
<br />
<br />8
<br />
<br />10
<br />
<br />18
<br />17
<br />29
<br />4
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<br />944,000
<br />3,610,000
<br />2,108,000
<br />
<br />1,176,000
<br />4,013,000
<br />2,098,000
<br />
<br />16
<br />12
<br />28
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<br />(0)
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<br />3
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<br />(0)
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<br />8
<br />36
<br />
<br />795,000
<br />1,277,000
<br />
<br />2,972 ,000
<br />
<br />11
<br />
<br />1,652,000
<br />
<br />53
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<br />(0) Withheld to avoid_disclosure.
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<br />Source: State of Colorad~ U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Retail Trade,
<br />1967 and 1972.
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