Combined Seasonal, Trading-Day, and Holiday Adjustment Factors for U.S. Retail Sales and Food Services by Kind of Business NAICS Kind of Business Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan 09 Feb 09 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 Jun 09 Jul 09 Aug 09 Sep 09 Oct 09 Nov 09 Dec 09 code Retail Sales and Food Services, total 1.030 0.954 0.996 0.985 1.147 0.917 0.887 0.990 0.992 1.043 1.020 1.030 1.027 0.954 0.998 0.985 1.155 Retail Sales, total 1.028 0.952 0.994 0.989 1.162 0.914 0.885 0.988 0.992 1.040 1.020 1.029 1.025 0.953 0.995 0.991 1.172 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1.087 0.987 0.971 0.845 0.948 0.885 0.914 1.072 1.052 1.070 1.074 1.115 1.071 0.986 0.969 0.859 0.948 442 Furniture and home furnishings stores 1.048 0.997 1.007 1.061 1.170 0.922 0.895 0.964 0.930 0.985 0.995 1.030 1.038 1.000 1.007 1.059 1.175 443 Electronics and appliance stores 0.988 0.899 0.885 1.124 1.625 0.939 0.913 0.928 0.849 0.935 0.927 0.941 0.974 0.899 0.886 1.138 1.654 444 Building mat. and garden equip. and supp. dealers 1.009 1.007 1.048 0.912 0.887 0.772 0.754 0.959 1.130 1.214 1.192 1.114 1.010 1.009 1.025 0.923 0.882 445 Food and beverage stores 1.025 0.961 0.999 0.996 1.086 0.992 0.908 0.968 0.984 1.040 0.995 1.037 1.010 0.972 1.008 0.983 1.096 446 Health and personal care 0.981 0.968 1.010 0.957 1.119 0.999 0.950 1.021 1.002 1.005 0.997 0.991 0.977 0.967 1.005 0.964 1.112 447 Gasoline stations 1.098 1.011 1.035 0.907 0.936 0.916 0.850 0.964 1.001 1.074 1.100 1.128 1.093 1.006 1.035 0.917 0.933 448 Clothing and clothing access. stores 1.016 0.907 0.976 1.081 1.672 0.779 0.832 0.916 0.951 1.006 0.907 0.935 1.008 0.908 0.987 1.071 1.692 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 1.153 0.936 0.883 1.036 1.668 0.974 0.784 0.888 0.870 0.933 0.945 0.943 1.136 0.945 0.885 1.025 1.645 452 General merchandise stores 1.004 0.891 0.979 1.102 1.420 0.868 0.868 0.934 0.950 1.024 0.965 0.965 0.997 0.898 0.983 1.098 1.421 4521 Department stores 0.991 0.857 0.965 1.191 1.710 0.791 0.818 0.897 0.935 0.990 0.917 0.917 0.991 0.865 0.964 1.193 1.714 45291 Warehouse clubs and superstores 1.018 0.906 0.970 1.051 1.255 0.922 0.900 0.962 0.957 1.044 0.990 0.992 1.007 0.908 0.980 1.041 1.265 453 Miscellaneous stores retail 1.010 0.996 1.036 0.961 1.194 0.902 0.888 0.946 0.954 1.054 1.050 1.012 0.997 0.995 1.037 0.964 1.205 454 Nonstore retailers 0.929 0.963 1.034 1.030 1.328 1.030 0.954 1.018 0.952 0.915 0.941 0.935 0.927 0.959 1.013 1.053 1.330 722 Food services and drinking places 1.061 0.969 1.011 0.954 1.009 0.950 0.909 1.012 0.995 1.063 1.018 1.044 1.036 0.974 1.026 0.940 1.012 Note: Estimates are adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences. Each month, new factors are developed using the latest estimates and applied to the not adjusted advance, preliminary, and final estimates and to the estimates of the previous year that correspond to the advance and preliminary months. The sales adjustment factors are not included in this table for those kinds of business for which adjusted estimates are not shown separately. Adjusted sales estimates are obtained by dividing the not adjusted estimates by the adjustment factors shown above for corresponding kinds of business. Adjusted estimates for the summary trade totals are obtained by summarizing the adjusted estimates for the individual kind of business. The options used to derive factors for each kind of business were selected during the last benchmarking operation and will not be subject to modification until the next benchmarking operation. These options are available upon request. SOURCE: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE SURVEY RETAIL INDICATORS BRANCH U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Last Revised: November 16, 2009