Don't Believe The Hyped-Up Same-Store Sales, Retail Sales Were Very Bad
• Businessinsider.com/The same-store sales gainers benefited by the general reduction in store locations. Essentially, survivorship bias is skewing the numbers. If somehow you could take into account all the locations that had been shuttered...
The real indicator is sales, and if sales tax revenue was good, the state income sheets would not be so bad.