$2,310,845 — Amount of 2019 city sales taxes collected from general merchandise stores — including national retailers Target and Walmart — through October.
$2,238,180 — Amount of 2019 city sales taxes collected from restaurant and bar sales through October.
-1.32% — Year-over-year drop in sales through October for businesses that fall into the city’s Miscellaneous Retail category, including many of the independently owned downtown shops, plus liquor stores, flower shops and jewelry stores.
+9.68% — Year-over-year increase in Building Materials and Supplies sales through October, bringing in over $1.8 million in sales taxes on roughly $50.5 million in total sales through 10 months of the year.
+5.5% — Year-over-year increase from 2018 to 2019 in total sales taxes collected through 10 months.
Source: City of Glenwood Springs October sales tax report