Marin retail sales edge up in November

Retail sales tax distributions in Marin showed strong growth in November, coming in18.6% above November 2009. 

So far in 2010, some $25.5 million of sales tax receipts has been distributed to Marin's Cities, up 4.2% from the same period in 2009. There is still a way to go before retail sales recover to their pre-recession levels: sales to date in 2010 are 13.2% below those of the same period in 2008.