Clark County’s taxable retail sales grew 12.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, reaching $1.6 billion. Retail trade, a portion of all taxable retail sales, rose 10.2 percent to a total of $745 million in that same time period of Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2015.
The data comes from a quarterly analysis of tax return data by industry provided by the Washington State Department of Revenue.
Within the city of Vancouver, taxable retail sales during the fourth quarter of 2015 rose 12.8 percent to $921 million. Retail trade increased 8.9 percent to $441 million.
Statewide, highlights from the Department of Revenue’s quarterly report included:
- Sales reported by new and used auto dealers increased 9.5 percent, reaching $3 billion.
- Sales of apparel and accessories rose just 0.65 percent, reaching $1.3 billion.
- Drug and health stores’ sales grew 19.8 percent, reaching $623 million.
- Taxable e-commerce and mail order sales increased 10.3 percent, to $786 million.
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