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Retail Leakage and Surplus Analysis <br /> <br />Elk River <br />Sources and Methodology <br />The primary data sources used in the construction of the database include: <br /> <br />- Current Year CAPE (Census Area Projections & Estimates) Consumer Expenditure Estimates <br />- Census of Retail Trade, Merchandise Line Sales <br />- Census Bureau Monthly Retail Trade <br /> <br />The Census of Retail Trade presents a table known as the Merchandise Line summary, which relates <br />approximately 120 merchandise lines (e.g. hardware) to each of the store types. For each merchandise line, <br />the distribution of sales by store type can be computed, yielding a conversion table which apportions <br />merchandise line sales by store type. <br /> <br /> <br />The CAPE (Census Area Projections & Estimates) Consumer Expenditure database was re-computed to these <br />merchandise lines by aggregating both whole and partial categories, yielding, at the block group level, a <br />series of merchandise line estimates which are consistent with the CAPE Consumer Expenditure database. <br /> <br />These two components were then combined in order to derive estimated potential by store type. The results <br />were then compared to current retail trade statistics to ensure consistency and completeness. <br /> <br />All estimates, projections or forecasts in this model are subject to errors, including statistical error, error due to the subjective nature of some data, error due to changes in demographics, error based on <br />lagging competitor information or growth data, and error due to factors that are not included in the model. The user assumes all risk of reliance on this information. <br /> <br />GROW WITH US.1-888-2BUXTON |buxton@buxtonco.com |www.buxtonco.com <br />