Retail trade, a subset of all sales that excludes non-retail sectors such as construction and services, rose 8.8 percent in Clark County to $550 million.
Statewide, among major industries, construction was up 18.6 percent to $4.7 billion, accommodations and food services increased 6.1 percent to $3.4 billion, new and used car sales rose 13.6 percent to $2.5 billion, and E-commerce and mail order purchases were up 22.1 percent to $374 million.
The department said that statewide taxable retail sales have nearly recovered to second quarter 2008 levels, when they last topped $29 billion dollars.
