Monthly & Annual Retail Trade

Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The February 2010 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on March 12, 2010 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

• Full Publication in HTML | PDF [72KB]
• Publication Text in HTML
• Current Publication Tables in Excel Format: Table 1 [76KB] | Table 2 [56KB] | Table 3 [44KB]
• Current Publication Tables in Text Format: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3
• Time Series (Adjusted Sales Data/Seasonal Factors—1992 to present)

Monthly Retail Trade Report

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:

• Retail and Food Services Sales: Excel (1992-present) [708KB]
• Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios: Excel (1992-present) [330KB]
• 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 2009

Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

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:

• Full 4Q 2009 Publication in HTML | PDF [99KB]
• Individual 4Q 2009 Tables available in HTML: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4
  Individual 4Q 2009 Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4

• Explanation of Benchmarking Revisions for E-Commerce Estimates