Combined Seasonal, Trading-Day, and Holiday Adjustment Factors for U.S. Retail Sales and Food Services by Kind of Business NAICS Kind of Business Feb 12 Mar 12 Apr 12 May 12 Jun 12 Jul 12 Aug 12 Sep 12 Oct 12 Nov 12 Dec 12 Jan 13 Feb 13 Mar 13 Apr 13 May 13 Jun 13 code Retail Sales and Food Services, total 0.937 1.039 0.984 1.050 1.012 0.989 1.033 0.946 0.983 1.008 1.127 0.919 0.905 1.021 0.996 1.054 0.994 Retail Sales, total 0.935 1.036 0.982 1.050 1.009 0.985 1.033 0.941 0.982 1.014 1.142 0.918 0.902 1.017 0.995 1.053 0.990 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 0.979 1.121 1.013 1.091 1.043 1.030 1.085 0.942 0.970 0.911 0.957 0.903 0.941 1.083 1.045 1.092 1.007 442 Furniture and home furnishings stores 0.942 1.030 0.913 1.006 0.975 0.988 1.061 0.977 0.958 1.073 1.173 0.931 0.909 1.010 0.935 1.014 0.948 443 Electronics and appliance stores 0.967 0.967 0.845 0.921 0.935 0.937 0.992 0.900 0.887 1.192 1.549 0.930 0.938 0.954 0.850 0.926 0.919 444 Building mat. and garden equip. and supp. dealers 0.792 0.985 1.110 1.281 1.150 1.044 1.039 0.941 1.049 0.980 0.880 0.792 0.762 0.955 1.153 1.267 1.113 445 Food and beverage stores 0.945 1.012 0.974 1.036 1.011 1.009 1.025 0.970 0.988 1.004 1.078 0.978 0.914 1.022 0.958 1.042 0.999 446 Health and personal care 0.986 1.041 0.985 1.024 0.979 0.969 1.009 0.942 1.007 0.982 1.090 1.015 0.950 1.031 0.994 1.027 0.957 447 Gasoline stations 0.902 1.029 1.020 1.082 1.059 1.058 1.074 0.992 1.008 0.958 0.934 0.913 0.876 1.019 1.025 1.074 1.043 448 Clothing and clothing access. stores 0.892 1.004 0.953 1.010 0.943 0.914 1.033 0.914 0.942 1.097 1.557 0.753 0.863 1.017 0.932 1.021 0.927 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 0.831 0.953 0.871 0.922 0.971 0.911 1.157 0.938 0.854 1.042 1.601 0.957 0.810 0.959 0.883 0.933 0.940 452 General merchandise stores 0.934 0.980 0.965 0.990 0.975 0.946 0.994 0.915 0.957 1.098 1.384 0.869 0.898 0.994 0.942 1.008 0.973 4521 Department stores 0.873 0.944 0.919 0.956 0.947 0.886 0.992 0.893 0.922 1.207 1.698 0.780 0.836 0.958 0.885 0.973 0.944 45291 Warehouse clubs and superstores 0.956 0.998 0.973 1.004 0.992 0.977 0.999 0.930 0.971 1.050 1.243 0.913 0.924 1.009 0.958 1.018 0.989 453 Miscellaneous stores retail 0.932 0.982 0.936 1.081 1.044 1.002 1.049 0.974 1.048 0.992 1.128 0.883 0.888 0.963 0.963 1.075 1.016 454 Nonstore retailers 0.982 1.019 0.932 0.969 0.920 0.892 0.968 0.903 0.992 1.105 1.315 1.046 0.944 0.991 0.961 0.971 0.895 722 Food services and drinking places 0.951 1.053 1.008 1.049 1.039 1.027 1.037 0.982 0.990 0.953 1.001 0.928 0.924 1.051 1.012 1.057 1.027 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: May 13, 2013