Northern Colorado posts retail trade deficit

Everyone in our economy has contact with the retail industry. Each of us, almost every day, visits local gasoline stations, grocery stores, home-improvement centers and the stores in the numerous malls in Larimer and Weld counties.The retail industry in the two-county region generated $5.5 billion of net retail sales in 1995, about $3.5 billion of that in Larimer County.
Growth in retail sales has been significant since 1991. The effect of the Rocky Mountain Factory Stores in Loveland is clearly visible in the 1993-94 growth rates of both counties. Larimer County posted an 18.84 percent growth rate,…