TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2008 AT 8:30 A.M. EDT
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for June, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $384.2 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month and 3.0 percent (±0.7%) above June 2007. Total sales for the April through June 2008 period were up 2.6 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The April to May 2008 percent change was revised from +1.0 percent (±0.5%) to +0.8 percent (±0.2%).
Retail trade sales were up 0.1 percent (±0.5%)* from May 2008 and were 3.0 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline station sales were up 24.5 percent (±2.1%) from June 2007 and sales of nonstore retailers were up 8.1 percent (±2.0%) from last year.
The advance estimates are based on a subsample of the Census Bureau's full retail and food services sample. A stratified random sampling method is used to select approximately 5,000 retail and food services firms whose sales are then weighted and benchmarked to represent the complete universe of over three million retail and food services firms. Responding firms account for approximately 65% of the MARTS dollar volume estimate. For an explanation of the measures of sampling variability included in this report, please see the Reliability of Estimates section on the last page of this publication.
Percent Change in Retail and Food Services Sales
(Estimates adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes)
The Advance Monthly Retail Sales for Retail and Food Services for July is scheduled to be released August 13, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
For information, visit the Census Bureau's Web site at <http://www.census.gov/retail>. This report is also available the day of issue through the Department of Commerce's STAT-USA (202-482-1986).
* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different than zero.
SOURCE: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services--JUNE 2008 (Press Release available without charge from Public Information Office, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233). Survey methodology and measures of sampling variability are documented in the Advance Press Release. Questions concerning this report should be directed to Ms. Aneta Lukasik (301) 763-2713.TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2008
Estimates adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes. (Total sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(2) (In Millions of dollars) 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 NAICS(1) Kind of Business Jun(3) May Apr Jun May Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food services, total.................... 384,211 383,944 380,788 372,878 376,206 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 315,251 312,611 309,029 296,711 298,330 Retail ....................................... 345,939 345,582 342,733 335,943 339,627 GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 99,680 98,619 96,587 96,881 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 68,960 71,333 71,759 76,167 77,876 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 62,519 64,836 65,354 69,826 71,513 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 9,350 9,487 9,455 9,881 9,987 443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 9,605 9,667 9,504 9,101 9,191 44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 7,830 7,672 7,287 7,354 44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,837 1,832 1,814 1,837 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 27,707 27,961 27,339 28,139 29,093 4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 24,140 23,656 24,832 25,694 445 Food & beverage stores........................... 49,240 48,895 48,960 46,615 46,393 4451 Grocery stores.................................. 44,062 43,788 43,865 41,631 41,431 4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,462 3,449 3,342 3,311 446 Health & personal care stores.................... 20,565 20,438 20,408 19,763 19,746 44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 16,841 16,846 16,486 16,531 447 Gasoline stations................................ 45,971 43,958 42,552 36,910 38,312 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 19,241 19,118 18,973 18,691 18,948 44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S) 44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,392 3,404 3,341 3,469 4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,276 2,257 2,184 2,185 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,561 7,510 7,453 7,353 7,384 452 General merchandise stores....................... 50,484 50,267 49,615 47,817 47,659 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 17,153 17,108 17,018 17,386 17,618 4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 33,159 32,597 30,431 30,041 45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 29,361 28,854 26,841 26,436 45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 3,798 3,743 3,590 3,605 453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 9,953 9,875 9,912 10,250 9,964 454 Nonstore retailers............................... 27,302 27,073 26,803 25,256 25,074 4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 18,425 18,258 17,633 17,468 722 Food services & drinking places.................. 38,272 38,362 38,055 36,935 36,579 (*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business. (NA) Not available (S) Suppressed (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate (1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html (2) Estimates are concurrently adjusted for seasonal variation and for holiday and trading day differences, but not for price changes. Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available unadjusted estimates as input to the X-12 ARIMA program. The factors derived from the program are used in calculating all seasonally adjusted estimates shown in this table. Year-to-date seasonally adjusted sales estimates are not tabulated. Adjustment factors and explanatory material can be found on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/mrts.html (3) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample. All other estimates are from the MRTS sample. (4) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443), clothing & clothing accessories(448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise(452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores(4532). (5) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.TABLE 1B. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2008
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes. (In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change) 6 month total % Chg. 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2008 from Jun(2) May Apr Jun May Code 2007 (a) (p) (r) Retail & food services, total.................... 2,239,718 3.1 384,310 405,426 375,400 380,587 395,495 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 1,800,332 5.5 313,706 327,323 299,984 299,831 309,461 Retail ....................................... 2,013,108 2.9 345,579 364,570 337,459 342,285 357,416 GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 99,699 89,438 93,141 95,021 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 439,386 -5.7 70,604 78,103 75,416 80,756 86,034 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 401,296 -6.3 63,957 71,320 68,883 74,085 79,308 44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 55,240 53,731 58,581 62,685 4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,783 6,533 6,671 6,726 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 54,053 -5.1 8,957 9,468 8,812 9,792 9,877 4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 5,156 4,817 5,160 5,282 4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 4,312 3,995 4,632 4,595 443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 52,224 3.4 8,779 8,980 8,117 8,468 8,487 44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 7,384 6,483 6,828 6,854 44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,596 1,634 1,640 1,633 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 165,928 -3.3 31,141 34,384 31,011 31,779 35,979 4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 27,399 25,501 27,464 29,677 445 Food & beverage stores........................... 288,014 5.8 48,724 51,471 46,930 47,254 48,105 4451 Grocery stores.................................. 259,521 6.1 43,577 46,065 42,242 42,131 43,005 4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,659 3,197 3,486 3,371 446 Health & personal care stores.................... 122,116 3.9 20,051 20,908 20,081 19,526 20,240 44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 17,296 16,610 16,189 16,994 447 Gasoline stations................................ 255,333 20.5 49,281 47,431 42,637 39,974 40,841 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 103,045 1.6 17,555 19,400 17,384 17,550 18,772 44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 908 851 863 888 44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,643 3,452 3,304 3,653 44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 7,173 6,395 6,668 6,934 4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,365 2,207 2,073 2,202 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 40,094 3.5 6,964 6,969 6,439 7,044 6,675 452 General merchandise stores....................... 280,334 4.9 49,144 51,428 45,576 46,908 47,678 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 91,791 -2.9 15,994 16,823 15,134 16,325 16,954 4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 17,287 15,557 16,782 17,429 4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 34,605 30,442 30,583 30,724 45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 30,682 26,950 27,083 27,018 45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 3,923 3,492 3,500 3,706 453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 57,500 0.6 10,029 10,647 9,322 10,475 10,737 454 Nonstore retailers............................... 155,081 6.8 24,350 25,381 25,734 22,759 23,991 4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 17,817 17,765 16,346 17,154 722 Food services & drinking places.................. 226,610 4.5 38,731 40,856 37,941 38,302 38,079 (*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business. (NA) Not available (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate (1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html (2) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample. All other estimates are from the MRTS sample. (3) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443), clothing & clothing accessories(448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise(452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores(4532). (4) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.TABLE 2A. ESTIMATED CHANGE IN SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2008
Estimates adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes (Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(*) Jun May 2008 2008 adv. prel. from-- from-- NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May Code 2008 2007 2008 2007 (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food Services, total.................... +0.1 +3.0 +0.8 +2.1 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... +0.8 +6.2 +1.2 +4.8 Retail .................................. +0.1 +3.0 +0.8 +1.8 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -3.3 -9.5 -0.6 -8.4 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers............... -3.6 -10.5 -0.8 -9.3 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -1.4 -5.4 +0.3 -5.0 443 Electronics & appliance stores................... -0.6 +5.5 +1.7 +5.2 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -0.9 -1.5 +2.3 -3.9 445 Food & beverage stores........................... +0.7 +5.6 -0.1 +5.4 4451 Grocery stores.................................. +0.6 +5.8 -0.2 +5.7 446 Health & personal care stores.................... +0.6 +4.1 +0.1 +3.5 447 Gasoline stations................................ +4.6 +24.5 +3.3 +14.7 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... +0.6 +2.9 +0.8 +0.9 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +0.7 +2.8 +0.8 +1.7 452 General merchandise stores....................... +0.4 +5.6 +1.3 +5.5 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... +0.3 -1.3 +0.5 -2.9 453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +0.8 -2.9 -0.4 -0.9 454 Nonstore retailers............................... +0.8 +8.1 +1.0 +8.0 722 Food services & drinking places.................. -0.2 +3.6 +0.8 +4.9 (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate (*) Estimates shown in this table are derived from adjusted estimates provided in Table 1A of this report.TABLE 2B. ESTIMATED CHANGE IN SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2008
Data not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes. (Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(*) Jun May 2008 2008 adv. prel. from-- from-- NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May Code 2008 2007 2008 2007 (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food Services, total.................... -5.2 +1.0 +8.0 +2.5 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... -4.2 +4.6 +9.1 +5.8 Retail .................................. -5.2 +1.0 +8.0 +2.0 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -9.6 -12.6 +3.6 -9.2 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................ -10.3 -13.7 +3.5 -10.1 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -5.4 -8.5 +7.4 -4.1 443 Electronics & appliance stores................... -2.2 +3.7 +10.6 +5.8 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -9.4 -2.0 +10.9 -4.4 445 Food & beverage stores........................... -5.3 +3.1 +9.7 +7.0 4451 Grocery stores.................................. -5.4 +3.4 +9.1 +7.1 446 Health & personal care stores.................... -4.1 +2.7 +4.1 +3.3 447 Gasoline stations................................ +3.9 +23.3 +11.2 +16.1 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... -9.5 0.0 +11.6 +3.3 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ -0.1 -1.1 +8.2 +4.4 452 General merchandise stores....................... -4.4 +4.8 +12.8 +7.9 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -4.9 -2.0 +11.2 -0.8 453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... -5.8 -4.3 +14.2 -0.8 454 Nonstore retailers............................... -4.1 +7.0 -1.4 +5.8 722 Food services & drinking places.................. -5.2 +1.1 +7.7 +7.3 (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate (*) Estimates shown in this table are derived from not adjusted estimates provided in Table 1B of this report.
Current Quarter Retail E-Commerce Sales
Source: Retail Indicators Branch, a U.S. Census Bureau | Last Revised: July 15, 2008
