From the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Black Friday Shopping: Protect Your Identity: “Black Friday is one of the most lucrative shopping days of the year for retailers in brick-and-mortar shops and online, but shoppers aren't the only ones looking for deals. Malicious people may be able to obtain personal information (such as credit card numbers, phone numbers, account numbers, and addresses) by stealing your wallet, overhearing a phone conversation, rummaging through your trash (a practice known as dumpster diving), or picking up a receipt at a restaurant that has your account number on it. If a thief has enough information, he or she may be able to impersonate you to purchase items, open new accounts, or apply for loans.
“The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages holiday shoppers to take the following identity theft precautions:
Source: Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS):
Data: July 2022 Monthly State Retail Sales were released on October 31, 2022 and are available in the csv files and data visualization below. For explanatory materials for these experimental statistics, please visit the Monthly State Retail Sales Overview and the technical documentation. For more information on the content of the data files, please reference the Monthly State Retail Sales Data Dictionary.
Note: The Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) is the U.S. Census Bureau's new experimental data product featuring modeled state-level retail sales. This is a blended data product using Monthly Retail Trade Survey, administrative and third-party data. Year-over-year percent changes are available for Total Retail Sales excluding Nonstore Retailers as well as 11 retail North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) retail subsectors. These data are provided by state and NAICS codes beginning with January 2019.
Source: Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report (Supplemental Tables – experimental product).
Source: 1992-2022 Monthly Retail Trade Surveys (MRTS).
Source: 2020 Annual Business Survey (ABS).
Source: 1992-2020 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).
Source: 1978-2020 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS).
Source: 2020 County Business Patterns (CBP).
CBP is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. This series includes the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll and annual payroll.
Note: The table above is customized to show just the “All establishments” row for each NAICS code and several columns are hidden. Click on the image for the full table.
Source: 2019 Nonemployer Statistics (NES).
Source: 2017 Economic Census.