Monthly & Annual Retail Trade

Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The April 2012 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on May 15, 2012 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

• Full Publication in PDF [80KB]
• Current Publication Tables in Excel Format: Table 1 [64KB] | Table 2 [44KB] | Table 3 [36KB]
• Current Publication Tables in Text Format: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3
• Time Series (Adjusted Sales Data/Seasonal Factors—1992 to present)

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Monthly Retail Trade Report

The March 2012 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on May 15, 2012 at 8:45 a.m. (Sales) and 10:15 a.m. (Inventories), and available as:

• Retail and Food Services Sales: Excel (1992-present) [496KB]
• Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios: Excel (1992-present) [304KB]
• Adjustment Factors for Seasonal and Other Variations of Monthly Estimates: Sales | Inventories
• Reliability of Monthly Estimates: Sales | Inventories
• Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services: Sales and Inventories--January 1992 through March 2012

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Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

The 2010 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 30, 2012. A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.

• Annual Retail Trade Survey—2010:
  Sales (1992-2010): Excel [63KB]
  Inventories (1992-2010): Excel [43KB]
  Purchases (1992-2010): Excel [45KB]
  Total Operating Expenses (2006-2010): Excel [45KB]
  2007 Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services (last revised on 3/31/2011): Visit Historical Releases
  Gross Margin (1993-2010): Excel [45KB]
  Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2010): Excel [46KB]
  Accounts Receivable (2004-2010): Excel [40KB]
  Per Capita Sales (2000-2010): Excel [39KB]
  Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S. (2004-2010): Excel [40KB]
• Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2010:
  Sales (1992-2010): Excel [37KB]
• Measures of Sampling Variability—2010:
  Annual Sales, End-of-Year Inventories by Location Held, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, and Gross Margin: Excel [67KB]
  

Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

Notice of Revision: Quarterly retail e-commerce estimates were revised based on the results of the 2010 Annual Retail Trade Survey. Not adjusted and corresponding adjusted estimates were revised for fourth quarter 1999 through fourth quarter 2011.

The 1st Quarter 2012 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on May 17, 2012, and available as:

• Full 1Q 2012 Publication in PDF [64KB]
• Individual 1Q 2012 Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [24KB] | Table 2 [20KB] | Table 3 [28KB] | Table 4 [28KB]
  Individual 4Q 2011 Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4

• Time Series available in Excel Format: Adjusted Sales [28KB] | Not Adjusted Sales [28KB]
  Time Series available as delimited text: Adjusted Sales | Not Adjusted Sales

• Explanation of Benchmarking Revisions for E-Commerce Estimates