Thurston County retail sales rise 5 percent in second quarter
Overall taxable retail sales rose 5.2 percent in Thurston County during the second quarter of 2018, compared with the same quarter a year ago, the state Department of Revenue announced.
Sales rose 5.2 percent to $1.4 billion from the same quarter a year ago, the data show. A separate category called retail trade, which better reflects consumer spending, also rose 6 percent to $699 million from the year-ago period.
Statewide, overall taxable retail sales rose 10.6 percent to $42.7 billion in the second quarter from the second quarter of 2017.