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The following tables and charts depict pull factors in Sherburne County from 1990 to 2000"' by merchandise category. <br />Pull factors are a measure of trade area size that provide a useful measure of changes over time because they account <br />for changes in population and state-wide industry trends. <br />Category Descriptions <br />Furniture: This group incudes retail <br />stores selling goods used for furnishing <br />the home such as furniture, floor <br />coverings, draperies, glass and <br />chinaware, domestic stoves, refrigerators <br />and other household electric and gas <br />appliances. <br />Automotive: Establishments selling <br />new and used automobiles, boats, <br />recreational vehicles and utility trailers, <br />and motorcycles and <br />mopeds; dealers selling new automobile <br />parts and accessories; and gasoline <br />service stations. <br />Eating 8~ Drinking: This major group <br />includes retail establishments engaged in <br />selling prepared food and drinks for <br />consumption on the premises. Also <br />included are caterers which serve <br />prepared food other than at the place of <br />business and lunch counters and <br />refreshment stands selling prepared <br />foods and drinks for immediate <br />consumption. <br />Miscellaneous Retail: This category <br />includes retail establishments not <br />elsewhere classified. These <br />establishments fall into the following <br />categories: liquor stores; used <br />merchandise stores; miscellaneous <br />shopping goods stores; nonstore <br />retailers, fuel dealers, florists, cigar store: <br />and stands, news dealers and <br />newsstands, and miscellaneous retail <br />stores not elsewhere Gassified. <br />"Due to a change in how firms are <br />categorized beginning with fiscal <br />year 2003, only data through fiscal <br />year 2000 are presented in this <br />section. <br />Pull Factors by Merchandise Category (2 of 3) <br />1.40 <br />1.20 <br />1.00 <br />0 <br />~ 0.80 <br />eo <br />u_ <br />3 0.60 <br />a <br />0.40 <br />0.20 <br />0.00 <br />-f-Furniture Automotive <br />-Eating & Drinking tMisc. Retail <br />Pull Factors by Merchandise Category <br />Sherburne County, 1990-2000 <br /> Eating & <br />Year Furniture Automotive Drinking Misc. Retail <br />1990 0.09 0.71 0.49 0.36 <br />1991 0.11 0.64 0.52 0.33 <br />1992 0.44 0.66 0.45 0.39 <br />1993 0.50 0.76 0.46 0.34 <br />1994 0.52 0.77 0.45 0.36 <br />1995 0.48 1.03 0.46 0.43 <br />1996 0.46 1.03 0.44 0.51 <br />1997 NA NA NA NA <br />1998 0.54 1.18 0.43 0.29 <br />1999 NA NA NA NA <br />2000 0.73 1.28 0.50 0.34 <br />Change, '90 <br />t0'00 689.32% 79.26% 0.97% -3.93% <br />Change, '98 <br />to '00 34.44% 8.76% 14.83% 19.80% <br />These pull factors are calculated using taxable sales. Although taxable sales do not capture the full extent of <br />sales in stores with a large number of un-taxed goods, like grocery and apparel stores, these data are audited <br />by the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Since sales tax laws apply statewide, all cities are compared on the <br />same basis. <br />Page 17 <br />90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 <br />Year <br />