Bay Area shoppers open their wallets
Bay Area shopper open their wallets
For the first time in many months, the amount of money consumers are spending in the Bay Area has begun to increase, both compared with last month and with a year ago.
On average, sales increased 4.9 percent for the most recent three months compared with the month-earlier period in the nine counties. Sales increased 4.8 percent year-over-year.
Santa Clara County had the biggest year-over-year change -- 11.25 percent. The smallest year-over-year increase in the Bay Area was 0.58 percent in Contra Costa. San Francisco had an increase of 0.97 percent.