Notice of Correction: The Retail and Food services sales Excel table (originally released on March 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. EST) and retail inventories Excel table (originally released on March 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST) contained incorrect estimates for January, February, and December 2009. The estimates for those months were not updated in the initial release to reflect the latest published estimates. These months were corrected and the new tables posted as of 11:30 a.m. EST on March 12, 2010.
The January 2010 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on March 12, 2010 at 8:45 a.m. (Sales) and 10:15 a.m. (Inventories), and available as:
Annual Retail Trade estimates were released on March 31, 2009 at 10:00 am.
Detailed operating expenses and total operating expenses estimates were released on July 24, 2009.
These estimates reflect the results of the Annual Retail Trade Survey revised for 2006 and the Business Expenses Supplement to 2007.
A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.
Annual Retail Trade Survey—2007:
Sales: Excel [45KB] | PDF [19KB]
Inventories: Excel [27KB] | PDF [10KB]
Purchases: Excel [33KB] | PDF [13KB]
Total Operating Expenses: Excel [26KB] | PDF [11KB]
Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services: Excel [45KB] | PDF [49KB]
Gross Margin: Excel [33KB] | PDF [14KB]
Gross Margin as Percent of Sales: Excel [33KB] | PDF [13KB]
Accounts Receivable: Excel [29KB] | PDF [11KB]
Per Capita Sales: Excel [29KB] | PDF [11KB]
Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S.: Excel [28KB] | PDF [11KB]
Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2007:
Sales: Excel [25KB] | PDF [10KB]
Measures of Sampling Variability—2007:
Sales, Inventories, Purchases, Total Operating Expenses, and Gross Margin: Excel [43KB] | PDF [12KB]
End-of-Year Accounts Receivable: Excel [27KB] | PDF [14KB]
Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S.: Excel [27KB] | PDF [10KB]
Detailed Operating Expenses: Excel [51KB] | PDF [45KB]
Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report
The 4th Quarter 2009 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on February 16, 2010, and available as:
Intention to Revise Retail Estimates: Monthly retail sales estimates will be revised based on the results of the 2008 Annual Retail Trade Survey. Revised not adjusted estimates and corresponding adjusted data are scheduled for release on April 30, 2010.
Release Schedule
The Upcoming Release Dates are below:
Advance Monthly
(March 2010) releases April 14, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2009/2010 Release Schedule.
Monthly
(February 2010) Sales releases April 14, 2010 at 8:45 a.m. EDT, and Inventories releases
April 14, 2010 at 10:15 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2009/2010 Release Schedule.
Annual (2008) releases in March 2010.
Quarterly E-Commerce (1st Quarter 2010) releases
May 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Click here to access the 2009/2010 Release Schedule.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Monthly & Annual Retail Trade | (301) 763-2713 or (301) 763-2747 |
Last Revised:
February 12, 2010