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Annual Retail Trade Survey: 2018

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Annual Retail Trade Survey: 2018

February 20, 2020

Estimates

Sales (1992-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Sales Taxes (2004-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Inventories (1992-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Purchases (1992-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Total Operating Expenses (2006-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Gross Margin (1993-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Accounts Receivable (2004-2018) [<1.0 MB]
Per Capita Sales (2000-2018) [<1.0 MB]
U.S. Retail Trade Sales - Total and E-commerce (1998-2018) [<1.0 MB]
U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses (NAICS 4541) - Total and E-commerce Sales by Merchandise Line (1999-2018) [<1.0 MB]

Measures of Sampling Variability

Annual Sales, Sales Taxes, End-of-Year Inventories, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, Gross Margin, E-commerce, and NAICS 4541 Merchandise Lines (2004-2018) [<1.0 MB]

2018 Summary of Changes

2018 Annual Retail Trade Survey - Summary of Changes

This page provides a summary of changes that were made with the release of the 2018 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).