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Category Descriptions Building Materials Includes retail establishments primarily engaged in selling lumber and other building materials; paint, glass, and wallpaper; hardware; nursery stock; and lawn and garden supplies. General Merchandise: Includes retail stores which sell a number of lines of merchandise, such as dry goods, apparel and accessories, furniture and home furnishings, small wares, hardware, and food. The stores included in this group are known as department stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores, catalog showrooms, warehouse clubs, and general stores. Food: This group is comprised of retail stores primarily engaged in selling food for home preparation and consumption. Apparel: Retail stores primarily engaged in selling clothing of all kinds and related articles for personal wear and adornment. Not included are establishments which meet the criteria for Department Stores even though most of their receipts are from the sale of apparel and apparel accessories. Pull Factors by Merchandise Category (1 of 3) 4.50 4.00 3.50 ` 3.00 0 ~ 2.50 ea ~ 2.00 a 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 Year -f-Building Materials General Merchandise -~E-Food ~ Apparel Pull Factors by Merchandise Category Elk River, 1990-2000 Building General Year Materials Merchandise Food Apparel 1990 1.42 NA 2.42 NA 1991 1.30 NA 2.19 0.04 1992 1.12 NA 1.98 0.25 1993 1.19 NA 1.66 0.25 1994 1.08 NA 2.02 0.12 1995 0.79 NA 2.12 0.19 1996 0.82 1.75 2.31 0.43 1997 NA NA NA NA 1998 3.62 1.68 2.18 0.20 1999 NA NA NA NA 2000 3.88 NA 2.48 0.19 Change, '90 to '00 172.70% NA 2.12% NA Change, '98 to '00 7.38% NA 13.73% -3.30% *Due to a change in how firms are categorized beginning with fiscal year 2003, only data through fiscal These pull factors are calculated using taxable sales. Although taxable sales do not capture the full extent of year 2000 are presented in this sales in stores with a large number of un-taxed goods, like grocery and apparel stores, these data are audits by the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Since sales tax laws apply statewide, all cities are compared on SBCtlon. the same basis. Page 5 The following tables and charts depict pull factors in Elk River from 1990 to 2000* by merchandise category. Pull factors are a measure of trade area size that provide a useful measure of changes over time because they account for changes in population and state-wide industry trends. 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00