ESTIMATED MONTHLY RETAIL SALES, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS, NOT ADJUSTED AND ADJUSTED:\
January 2000  to December 2000\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 2000\Feb. 2000\Mar. 2000\Apr. 2000\May. 2000\Jun. 2000\Jul. 2000\Aug. 2000\Sep. 2000\Oct. 2000\Nov. 2000\Dec. 2000\TOTAL\
\ RETAIL SALES, TOTAL\229871\244951\273112\260159\279257\276261\267893\279472\264793\266159\272790\317333\3232051
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\171579\178248\198200\194062\205889\202834\199849\206809\198082\201301\213181\259765\2429799
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\94785\105562\118242\108498\120656\118742\111652\118061\109555\107589\105103\116375\1334820
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\11364\12113\15698\16275\19189\17710\16267\16424\15285\15827\14425\13496\184073
521,3,5\BUILDING MATERIALS,SUPPLY STORES, HARDWARE\10233\10793\13751\13939\16008\15173\14395\14565\13534\14087\12849\11920\161247
521,3\BUILDING MATERIALS, SUPPLY STORES\9185\9790\12481\12566\14477\13689\13014\13195\12261\12812\11588\10577\145635
525\HARDWARE STORES\1048\1003\1270\1373\1531\1484\1381\1370\1273\1275\1261\1343\15612
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\58292\66703\74912\66097\73368\73427\68044\72663\66711\64858\59609\57568\802252
551,2,5,6,7,9\MOTOR VEHICLE & MISCELLANEOUS AUTO DEALERS\55309\63595\71322\62705\69632\69685\64337\68761\63097\61329\56175\54246\760193
551,2\MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS\52515\60245\66469\58172\64386\64488\60069\64406\59339\57743\52894\50914\711640
551\MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS - NEW AND USED\47625\54306\60418\52786\58838\58742\54506\58721\53896\52602\48277\46460\647177
553\AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES\2983\3108\3590\3392\3736\3742\3707\3902\3614\3529\3434\3322\42059
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\13238\13436\14285\13200\13883\13616\13679\14677\13956\13707\15538\19755\172970
571\FURNITURE & HOME FURNISHINGS STORES\6084\6382\6952\6516\6970\6811\6885\7257\6849\6943\7627\7931\83207
5712\FURNITURE STORES\3737\3888\4162\3854\4048\3948\4002\4123\3999\3950\4281\4223\48215
5713\FLOOR COVERING STORES\1102\1163\1383\1264\1414\1420\1343\1474\1325\1418\1403\1225\15934
5722,31,34\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, RADIO, TV & COMPUTER STORES\6241\6120\6279\5695\5916\5858\5879\6380\6067\5794\6842\9984\77055
5722\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE STORES\887\892\975\928\1071\1085\1007\1058\1004\1018\1096\1217\12238
5731\RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC STORES\3236\3216\3169\2888\2993\3009\3164\3426\3144\3007\4010\6454\41716
5734\COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORES\2118\2012\2135\1879\1852\1764\1708\1896\1919\1769\1736\2313\23101
5941\SPORTING GOODS STORES AND BICYCLE SHOPS\1628\1727\2128\2062\2273\2419\2342\2372\2118\1827\2058\3516\26470
5942\BOOK STORES\1492\1090\1035\985\1121\1145\1076\1642\1461\1068\1165\2010\15290
5944\JEWELRY STORES\1253\1992\1511\1571\2140\1785\1646\1774\1710\1688\2183\5796\25049
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\135086\139389\154870\151661\158601\157519\156241\161411\155238\158570\167687\200958\1897231
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\25494\27308\31200\31492\33216\32449\31556\33513\31200\32630\40081\55451\405590
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\19755\21056\24124\24629\25779\24947\24196\25970\24101\25113\31594\44217\315481
531\DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\20124\21456\24576\25109\26274\25413\24632\26442\24538\25570\32189\44996\321319
531 pt.\CONVENTIONAL DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\3175\3823\4317\4290\4495\4193\3876\4460\4387\4381\5762\9724\56883
531 pt.\DISCOUNT DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\14203\14901\16992\17505\18335\17989\17605\18538\17037\17829\21954\28852\221740
531 pt.\NATIONAL CHAIN DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\2746\2732\3267\3314\3444\3231\3151\3444\3114\3360\4473\6420\42696
533\VARIETY STORES\946\1142\1268\1249\1309\1274\1275\1334\1275\1380\1652\2311\16415
539\MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES\4793\5110\5808\5614\6128\6228\6085\6209\5824\6137\6835\8923\73694
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\37157\36506\39770\39759\41076\40872\41604\41239\40116\39898\40715\44986\483698
541\GROCERY STORES\35343\34574\37747\37614\38922\38736\39479\39132\38052\37826\38611\42220\458256
542\MEAT, FISH (SEAFOOD) MARKETS\515\513\571\642\622\625\641\598\608\569\603\856\7363
546\RETAIL BAKERIES\596\613\656\659\671\664\652\680\664\700\691\766\8012
554\GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS\15272\15971\18313\17259\18619\19649\19561\19387\18901\18856\17856\17656\217300
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\8163\9147\11291\11546\11583\11156\10839\12842\11702\11731\13532\19166\142698
561\MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS\744\718\833\895\913\893\858\945\904\952\1091\1622\11368
562,3\WOMEN'S CLOTHING SPECIALTY STORES\2169\2513\3223\3295\3443\3193\2967\3289\3253\3243\3567\5296\39451
562\WOMEN'S READY TO WEAR\1739\2060\2763\2802\2910\2657\2469\2737\2755\2745\2927\4015\32579
565\FAMILY CLOTHING STORES\3158\3499\4299\4361\4407\4357\4267\4984\4492\4670\5845\8352\56691
566\SHOE STORES\1330\1513\1812\1912\1872\1791\1764\2253\1767\1655\1767\2366\21802
58\EATING AND DRINKING PLACES\22894\23643\25962\25547\26319\26435\26932\26664\25748\25932\24546\26006\306628
5812\EATING PLACES\21713\22400\24550\24249\25012\25125\25585\25318\24444\24655\23312\24673\291036
5812 pt.\RESTAURANTS, LUNCHROOMS, CAFETERIAS\11615\12142\13234\12993\13182\13119\13608\13412\13033\13246\12416\13131\155131
5812 pt.\REFRESHMENT PLACES\9715\9860\10852\10796\11161\11361\11403\11281\10641\10696\10320\10821\128907
5813\DRINKING PLACES (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES)\1181\1243\1412\1298\1307\1310\1347\1346\1304\1277\1234\1333\15592
591\DRUG & PROPRIETARY STORES\10076\10152\10851\10505\11172\10755\10607\11047\10699\11215\11247\13525\131851
592\LIQUOR STORES\2043\2101\2327\2263\2501\2560\2612\2570\2502\2497\2707\3590\30273
596\NONSTORE RETAILERS (2)\9445\9626\11150\9850\10355\10394\9519\10726\10760\11790\12763\14794\131172
5961\TOTAL MAIL ORDER (3)\7724\7690\8953\8038\8260\8392\7748\8704\8832\9669\10682\12900\107592
598\FUEL DEALERS\2876\2922\2093\1515\1430\1234\1111\1359\1594\1876\2115\3304\23429
53,56,57,594\GAF, TOTAL (4)\53969\57756\64722\64091\67460\65822\64423\70190\65478\66321\79657\114222\834111
594\MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES\7074\7865\7946\7853\8778\8601\8349\9158\8620\8253\10506\19850\112853
\ADJUSTED (5)\
\RETAIL SALES, TOTAL\263234\266799\269108\267119\267417\268436\270645\270549\272714\272490\270931\271347\
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\196013\198627\201690\200598\201283\201892\203411\203750\205071\205352\204753\204891\
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\111332\112663\112776\111202\110805\110718\111700\111268\112186\111647\110315\110202\
52\BUILDING MATERIALS, GROUP STORES\15319\15201\16137\15445\15546\15269\15259\15273\15085\15277\15189\15331\
521,3\BUILDING MATERIALS SUPPLY STORES\12086\11968\12775\12224\12289\12071\12084\12083\11939\12133\12071\12214\
525\HARDWARE STORES\1278\1281\1344\1304\1314\1310\1309\1315\1281\1293\1276\1295\
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\67221\68172\67418\66521\66134\66544\67234\66799\67643\67138\66178\66456\
551,2,5,6,7,9\MOTOR VEHICLE AND MISC AUTO DEALERS\63720\64695\63909\63084\62619\63063\63700\63258\64058\63685\62695\62857\
553\AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES\3501\3477\3509\3437\3515\3481\3534\3541\3585\3453\3483\3599\
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\14273\14418\14489\14581\14530\14348\14437\14517\14526\14520\14365\14066\
571\FURNITURE & HOME FURNISHINGS STORES\6798\6929\6966\7006\7040\6993\7033\7018\6996\6978\6865\6620\
5722,31,34\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, RADIO, TV & COMPUTER STORES\6447\6469\6440\6457\6396\6292\6335\6425\6461\6488\6467\6425\
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\151902\154136\156332\155917\156612\157718\158945\159281\160528\160843\160616\161145\
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\33095\33181\33410\33281\33591\33639\34154\34228\34314\34360\34087\34030\
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\26028\25867\26024\25898\26145\26123\26444\26581\26631\26659\26505\26430\
531\DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\26277\26366\26398\26410\26607\26475\26898\27024\27136\27239\27080\26450\
531 pt.\CONVENTIONAL DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\4818\4761\4697\4714\4702\4669\4664\4660\4722\4741\4727\4778\
531 pt.\DISCOUNT DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\17865\18062\18115\18102\18280\18263\18709\18839\18867\18987\18828\18135\
531 pt.\NATIONAL CHAIN DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\3594\3543\3586\3594\3625\3543\3525\3525\3547\3511\3525\3537\
533\VARIETY STORES\1285\1302\1311\1320\1336\1337\1378\1394\1400\1407\1419\1442\
539\MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES\5782\6012\6075\6063\6110\6179\6332\6253\6283\6294\6163\6158\
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\38774\39198\39678\40249\40138\40407\40373\40352\40588\40784\40786\41164\
541\GROCERY STORES\36701\37136\37597\38148\38010\38277\38218\38215\38436\38637\38650\39056\
554\GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS\16746\17609\18554\17756\17766\18278\18454\18170\18549\18504\18523\18053\
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\11354\11625\11827\11744\11803\11664\11702\11913\12066\12126\12038\12143\
561\MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS\907\925\937\934\939\927\952\955\967\957\950\954\
562,3\WOMEN'S CLOTHING SPECIALTY STORES\2971\3153\3316\3212\3264\3235\3271\3342\3406\3396\3312\3341\
566\SHOE STORES\1819\1814\1817\1819\1798\1770\1791\1823\1827\1833\1824\1819\
58\EATING AND DRINKING PLACES\24966\25046\25428\25369\25331\25443\25698\25516\25825\25701\25757\25825\
591\DRUG & PROPRIETARY STORES\10388\10434\10576\10676\10868\10886\11072\11227\11286\11444\11407\11404\
592\LIQUOR STORES\2387\2435\2455\2431\2491\2522\2546\2560\2556\2606\2628\2579\
5961\TOTAL MAIL ORDER (3)\8621\8602\8777\8709\8787\9014\9073\9201\9210\9235\9337\9382\
53,56,57,594\GAF, TOTAL (4)\67676\68444\68987\68911\69373\69051\69901\70198\70559\70536\69963\69642\
(1) Includes data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line not  included in broader kind-of-business totals.\
(2) Includes establishments primarily selling merchandise through coin-operated vending machines, by house-to-house canvass or from mail-order.\
(3) The sales estimates for "total mail order", SIC 5961, are the sums of the "mail-order houses (department store merchandise)"  and the "other mail-order".\
(4) GAF represents stores which specialize in department store types of merchandise (general merchandise, apparel, furniture,
and miscellaneous shopping goods stores).\
(5) Data are adjusted for seasonal variations, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.  For yearly total, refer to Not Adjusted section.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include data for kinds of business not shown.\