Aspen retailers enjoyed a 21.4% surge in total April revenue over April 2018 by hauling in $36 million, according to the city\u2019s most recent sales tax consumption report that was issued last week.<\/p>\n
The city couched any enthusiasm about April in the report, noting that the month accounts for just over 4% of the year\u2019s total sales tax collections.<\/p>\n
April sales were broken down by the following industry segments:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accommodations \u00ad\u2014 $6 million, up 39.3%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Restaurants and bars \u2014 $5.9 million, up 18.8%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sports equipment\/clothing \u2014 $1.9 million, up 11.1%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clothing \u2014 $2.1 million, up 33.5%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Food and drug \u2014 $3.2 million, up 18.2%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Liquor \u2014 $531,011, up 13.8%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Miscellaneous \u2014 $3.4 million, up 19.3%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Construction \u2014 $5.1 million, up 21.6%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luxury goods \u2014 $1.5 million, up 151.1%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Utilities \u2014 $4.1 million, down 2.5%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Automobile \u2014 $1.7 million, up 6.7%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marijuana \u2014 $714,279, up 18.1%<\/p>\n
January through April resulted in $305.2 million in sales, up 7.8% over the first four months of 2018, according to the report. Industries gave the following performances for the first four months of 2019:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accommodations \u00ad\u2014 $104.8 million, up 10.5%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Restaurants and bars \u2014 $52.8 million, up 8.2%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sports equipment\/clothing \u2014 $24.7 million, up 5.3%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Clothing \u2014 $21.3 million, up 5.1%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Food and drug \u2014 $19.6 million, up 7.7%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Liquor \u2014 $3.7 million, up 4.5%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Miscellaneous \u2014 $18 million, up 4.4%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Construction \u2014 $18.4 million, up 1.6%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Luxury goods \u2014 $12 million, up 31.3%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Utilities \u2014 $18.6 million, up 0.8%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Automobile \u2014 $6.3 million, down 1%<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marijuana \u2014 $4.9 million, up 6.8%<\/p>\n