Retail down 9% means what ?? approx 4% overall down?? Sure different than 2.x% up isn’t it. Maybe I’ll watch some CNBC tomorrow for a few hours of happy talk.
To explain the discrepancy, the growth must have been in financials and services that have no sales tax.
Then there are the state projects with stimulus funds that are also tax free are sales for contractors.
How’s that for explainin”?