ESTIMATED MONTHLY RETAIL SALES, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS, NOT ADJUSTED AND ADJUSTED:\ January 1988 to December 1988\ (DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \ SIC Code\Kind of Business\ \NOT ADJUSTED\ \\Jan. 1988\Feb. 1988\Mar. 1988\Apr. 1988\May. 1988\Jun. 1988\Jul. 1988\Aug. 1988\Sep. 1988\Oct. 1988\Nov. 1988\Dec. 1988\TOTAL\ \ RETAIL SALES, TOTAL\116210\117984\134991\134399\139770\141182\137486\142604\135441\138609\143212\174314\1656202 \TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\90055\89317\101487\101892\106203\106230\105418\109389\105410\108687\114157\145387\1283632 \DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\42638\45670\53073\53002\55401\57192\53003\55199\51192\51229\51716\59839\629154 52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\5223\5654\7177\8122\8964\8706\7995\8344\7987\8050\7468\7366\91056 521,3,5\BUILDING MATERIALS,SUPPLY STORES, HARDWARE\4516\4846\6119\6763\7412\7519\7060\7308\7043\7051\6637\6416\78690 521,3\BUILDING MATERIALS, SUPPLY STORES\3780\4134\5223\5704\6325\6441\6012\6301\6029\6003\5616\5228\66796 525\HARDWARE STORES\736\712\896\1059\1087\1078\1048\1007\1014\1048\1021\1188\11894 55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\26155\28667\33504\32507\33567\34952\32068\33215\30031\29922\29055\28927\372570 551,2,5,6,7,9\MOTOR VEHICLE & MISCELLANEOUS AUTO DEALERS\24113\26638\31093\30009\31033\32206\29479\30502\27509\27407\26648\26580\343217 551,2\MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS\23328\25502\29370\28138\29009\30141\27634\28834\26214\25950\25603\25192\324915 551\MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS - NEW AND USED\21942\23950\27514\26229\27169\28169\25804\26916\24228\24070\23863\23397\303251 553\AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES\2042\2029\2411\2498\2534\2746\2589\2713\2522\2515\2407\2347\29353 57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\6061\5953\6648\6569\6722\7091\6888\7231\6967\7157\7977\10126\85390 571\FURNITURE & HOME FURNISHINGS STORES\3367\3358\3825\3790\3885\4007\3879\4069\3942\4118\4464\4913\47617 5712\FURNITURE STORES\2035\2068\2363\2268\2302\2350\2278\2315\2299\2411\2602\2906\28197 5713\FLOOR COVERING STORES\777\767\862\898\947\1001\928\1015\970\969\991\1001\11126 5722,31,34\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, RADIO, TV & COMPUTER STORES\2172\2089\2301\2255\2315\2525\2465\2555\2436\2450\2907\4138\30608 5722\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE STORES\590\561\629\655\679\787\786\774\685\699\810\1054\8709 5731\RADIO, TELEVISION AND ELECTRONIC STORES\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA 5734\COMPUTER AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE STORES\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA\NA 5941\SPORTING GOODS STORES AND BICYCLE SHOPS\821\871\938\1044\1097\1155\1069\1150\981\915\1087\1698\12826 5942\BOOK STORES\537\402\398\381\413\453\408\555\575\441\510\925\5998 5944\JEWELRY STORES\769\921\921\947\1128\991\939\993\943\986\1285\3432\14255 \NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\73572\72314\81918\81397\84369\83990\84483\87405\84249\87380\91496\114475\1027048 53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\10802\11141\14316\14394\15406\15024\13934\15460\14625\16098\19815\31506\192521 531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\8464\8690\11308\11379\12085\11828\10996\12252\11625\12787\15551\24558\151523 531\DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\8781\8999\11698\11767\12458\12189\11340\12613\12005\13162\15965\25211\156188 531 pt.\CONVENTIONAL DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\2600\2857\3642\3553\3764\3607\3206\3870\3804\4142\5166\8726\48937 531 pt.\DISCOUNT DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\3988\4021\5404\5508\5866\5815\5410\5781\5536\5975\7122\11081\71507 531 pt.\NATIONAL CHAIN DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\2193\2121\2652\2706\2828\2767\2724\2962\2665\3045\3677\5404\35744 533\VARIETY STORES\448\476\593\575\575\561\571\605\543\618\662\1231\7458 539\MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES\1890\1975\2415\2440\2746\2635\2367\2603\2457\2693\3602\5717\33540 54\FOOD GROUP STORES\25283\24327\26552\26331\27167\27395\28446\27918\27318\27361\27192\30203\325493 541\GROCERY STORES\23919\22916\25057\24847\25595\25849\26878\26378\25834\25890\25683\28327\307173 542\MEAT, FISH (SEAFOOD) MARKETS\483\466\504\474\520\509\538\533\531\509\524\655\6246 546\RETAIL BAKERIES\407\398\428\437\437\424\414\403\389\409\404\445\4995 554\GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS\8408\8119\8830\8957\9415\9484\9689\10006\9359\9532\9179\9363\110341 56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\5151\5018\6751\6569\6647\6441\6341\7345\7022\7324\8120\12578\85307 561\MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS\649\579\699\757\770\785\695\729\745\858\927\1633\9826 562,3\WOMEN'S CLOTHING SPECIALTY STORES\1927\1904\2420\2390\2428\2287\2286\2493\2504\2629\2928\4371\30567 562\WOMEN'S READY TO WEAR\1675\1688\2199\2172\2208\2086\2089\2266\2271\2320\2564\3821\27359 565\FAMILY CLOTHING STORES\1283\1291\1772\1749\1784\1756\1776\2113\1924\2086\2442\3926\23902 566\SHOE STORES\962\919\1376\1257\1269\1203\1151\1436\1335\1275\1342\1919\15444 58\EATING AND DRINKING PLACES\12134\11987\13303\13698\14179\14507\15106\15308\14394\14674\13896\14807\167993 5812\EATING PLACES\11231\11120\12359\12769\13285\13547\14182\14407\13487\13791\13010\13882\157070 5812 pt.\RESTAURANTS, LUNCHROOMS, CAFETERIAS\6334\6319\6849\7098\7342\7493\7844\8057\7560\7787\7298\7698\87679 5812 pt.\REFRESHMENT PLACES\4709\4613\5323\5473\5730\5876\6179\6161\5713\5751\5520\5913\66961 5813\DRINKING PLACES (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES)\903\867\944\929\894\960\924\901\907\883\886\925\10923 591\DRUG & PROPRIETARY STORES\4440\4460\4792\4660\4768\4718\4583\4758\4644\4740\4836\6443\57842 592\LIQUOR STORES\1473\1377\1494\1564\1635\1667\1730\1624\1552\1547\1614\2361\19638 596\NONSTORE RETAILERS (2)\2911\3091\3440\3125\3090\2962\2937\3129\3342\3867\4389\4193\40476 5961\TOTAL MAIL ORDER (3)\1661\1691\1917\1768\1710\1660\1609\1780\1941\2380\2931\2872\23920 598\FUEL DEALERS\2135\1759\1476\1061\906\798\781\832\919\1139\1305\1673\14784 53,56,57,594\GAF, TOTAL (4)\25702\25980\31812\31631\33236\33090\31525\34755\33050\35069\41597\65589\423036 594\MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES\3688\3868\4097\4099\4461\4534\4362\4719\4436\4490\5685\11379\59818 \ADJUSTED (5)\ \RETAIL SALES, TOTAL\132543\133438\135736\135123\136327\136981\137369\138158\137707\140607\141779\142794\NA\ \TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\102106\102451\104529\104607\105403\105836\106572\107346\108153\109250\109913\110582\NA\ \DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\50515\51501\52128\51617\52115\52532\52042\52022\51029\53095\53733\54730\NA\ 52\BUILDING MATERIALS, GROUP STORES\7065\7428\7545\7558\7641\7565\7416\7477\7593\7755\7709\8070\NA\ 521,3\BUILDING MATERIALS SUPPLY STORES\5000\5334\5463\5516\5617\5611\5511\5498\5614\5690\5713\6016\NA\ 525\HARDWARE STORES\893\920\964\977\970\982\986\990\1033\1019\1031\1043\NA\ 55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\30437\30987\31207\30516\30924\31145\30797\30812\29554\31357\31866\32212\NA\ 551,2,5,6,7,9\MOTOR VEHICLE AND MISC AUTO DEALERS\28006\28551\28737\28072\28471\28628\28345\28348\27129\28941\29478\29832\NA\ 553\AUTO & HOME SUPPLY STORES\2431\2436\2470\2444\2453\2517\2452\2464\2425\2416\2388\2380\NA\ 57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\6680\6715\6878\6977\7010\7145\7097\7112\7179\7280\7414\7495\NA\ 571\FURNITURE & HOME FURNISHINGS STORES\3745\3739\3837\3875\3901\3959\3966\3943\4002\4089\4133\4224\NA\ 5722,31,34\HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, RADIO, TV & COMPUTER STORES\2371\2415\2474\2517\2514\2574\2520\2550\2572\2582\2687\2665\NA\ \NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\82028\81937\83608\83506\84212\84449\85327\86136\86678\87512\88046\88064\NA\ 53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\15353\15096\15628\15570\15727\15768\15809\15948\16091\16401\16528\16671\NA\ 531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\12143\11888\12291\12235\12382\12424\12453\12528\12677\12942\13003\13042\NA\ 531\DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\12498\12297\12687\12736\12855\12847\12879\12924\13113\13280\13323\13382\NA\ 531 pt.\CONVENTIONAL DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\3994\3935\4011\3997\4009\4012\3993\4002\4051\4146\4146\4185\NA\ 531 pt.\DISCOUNT DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\5524\5412\5774\5798\5872\5904\5919\5984\6084\6116\6166\6208\NA\ 531 pt.\NATIONAL CHAIN DEPT. STORES (INCL. LEASED DEPTS.) (1)\2980\2950\2902\2941\2974\2931\2967\2938\2978\3018\3011\2989\NA\ 533\VARIETY STORES\600\599\611\603\604\602\626\633\609\639\630\639\NA\ 539\MISCELLANEOUS GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES\2610\2609\2726\2732\2741\2742\2730\2787\2805\2820\2895\2990\NA\ 54\FOOD GROUP STORES\26066\26178\26536\26653\26798\26846\27193\27521\27458\27631\27807\27617\NA\ 541\GROCERY STORES\24532\24667\25057\25149\25267\25317\25647\26014\25938\26099\26261\26084\NA\ 554\GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS\8964\8893\9179\9029\9114\9102\9132\9343\9285\9281\9290\9335\NA\ 56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\6734\6708\6858\6771\6910\6890\7041\7058\7225\7368\7338\7417\NA\ 561\MEN'S & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS\791\790\799\791\789\804\822\821\830\850\825\833\NA\ 562,3\WOMEN'S CLOTHING SPECIALTY STORES\2471\2470\2459\2436\2498\2483\2512\2495\2579\2588\2633\2643\NA\ 566\SHOE STORES\1210\1200\1255\1224\1259\1251\1293\1284\1308\1332\1323\1363\NA\ 58\EATING AND DRINKING PLACES\13161\13260\13465\13522\13660\13856\14013\14293\14380\14486\14643\14704\NA\ 591\DRUG & PROPRIETARY STORES\4639\4656\4759\4779\4792\4800\4794\4806\4873\4892\4930\4941\NA\ 592\LIQUOR STORES\1633\1599\1624\1645\1663\1657\1627\1613\1603\1600\1622\1646\NA\ 5961\TOTAL MAIL ORDER (3)\1796\1891\1923\1893\1915\1891\1946\1906\2022\2174\2199\2134\NA\ 53,56,57,594\GAF, TOTAL (4)\33435\33242\34139\34175\34538\34731\34972\35059\35435\36083\36351\36798\NA\ (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.\