This won't be another partisan rant, just a simple update to the last B'game sales tax listing from April.  For 4Q12 on a year-over-year basis, sales receipts in town were up 5.1%.

20 of the Top 25 sales tax generators are the same from 3Q12:  Apple Computer, Benihana, Cammisa Automotive, Chevron, Fiat of B'game, Garratt Callahan, Hyatt Regency, Kern Jewelers, Marriott, Mike Harvey Acura and Honda,  Putnam: Buick, Pontiac GMC and Chevrolet Cadillac and Mazda Volvo and Toyota, Rector Porsche Audi, Safeway, Technical Instrument, Walgreens and WW Grainger.

The five businesses that cracked the Top 25 this time around are:  Cal Steam, Gap, Il Fornaio, Lululemon Athletics and Sephora.  Kudos to you five.

A 23% increase in the city’s share of the countywide use tax pool allocation also contributed to the positive results.  Remember–Shop B'game!  The bigger the ticket item, the better.