Monthly & Annual Retail Trade

Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The June 2010 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on July 14, 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

The May 2010 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on July 14, 2010 at 8:45 a.m. (Sales) and 10:15 a.m. (Inventories), and available as:

• Retail and Food Services Sales: Excel (1992-present) [368KB]
• Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios: Excel (1992-present) [176KB]
• 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 2010

Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

Notice of Correction: The Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS) release from March 31, 2010 was revised on May 10, 2010 to correct the 2003 sales and gross margin estimates. The 2003 sales and gross margin estimates were changed for the following industry aggregates: (1) Retail and food services, total; (2) Total (excl. motor vehicle and parts dealers); (3) Retail, total; (4) Retail, total (excl. motor vehicle and parts dealers); and (5) NAICS 446, Health and personal care stores. As a result, these industry aggregates were updated in the following ARTS tables: (1) Sales, (2) Gross Margin, (3) Gross Margin as Percent of Sales, and (4) Per Capita Sales. The revisions corrected a calculation error in the NAICS 446 sales estimates for 2003. No other years or tables were impacted. For more information on this revision, please contact Aneta Erdie at 301-763-2747.

The 2008 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 31, 2010. A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.

• Annual Retail Trade Survey—2008:
  Sales: Excel [50KB] | PDF [31KB]
  Inventories: Excel [31KB] | PDF [14KB]
  Purchases: Excel [37KB] | PDF [20KB]
  Total Operating Expenses: Excel [35KB] | PDF [12KB]
  Revised 2007 Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services: Excel [50KB] | PDF [44KB]
  Gross Margin: Excel [37KB] | PDF [17KB]
  Gross Margin as Percent of Sales: Excel [33KB] | PDF [16KB]
  Accounts Receivable: Excel [27KB] | PDF [11KB]
  Per Capita Sales: Excel [32KB] | PDF [15KB]
  Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S.: Excel [26KB] | PDF [11KB]
• Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2008:
  Sales: Excel [23KB] | PDF [12KB]
• Measures of Sampling Variability—2008:
  Sales, Inventories, Purchases, Total Operating Expenses, and Gross Margin: Excel [128KB] | PDF [15KB]
  End-of-Year Accounts Receivable: Excel [30KB] | PDF [9KB]
  Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S.: Excel [25KB] | PDF [8KB]
  Detailed Operating Expenses: Excel [55KB] | PDF [47KB]

Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

The 1st Quarter 2010 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on May 18, 2010, and available as:

• Full 1Q 2010 Publication in HTML | PDF [99KB]
• Individual 1Q 2010 Tables available in HTML: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4
  Individual 1Q 2010 Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3 | Table 4

• Time Series available in HTML: Adjusted Sales | Not Adjusted Sales
  Time Series available as delimited text: Adjusted Sales | Not Adjusted Sales

• Explanation of Benchmarking Revisions for E-Commerce Estimates