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Aspen’s retail sales in May totaled $16.2 million, a 3 percent increase over sales in the same month last year, according to the city’s monthly consumption tax report released Wednesday.
At 3 percent, the monthly sales increase is tracking at the same pace as the year-to-date increase. Through May this year, the city’s hotels, eating and drinking establishments and other retail entities have tallied $204.7 million in receipts, the report states. During the first five months of last year, sales totaled $198.6 million, according to the May 2010 report.
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