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The March 2026 release for Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services and the February 2026 release for Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services, originally scheduled for April 16, 2026, have been rescheduled for release on April 21, 2026. For more information, see the Economic Indicators Release Schedule.
Quarterly Retail E-commerce estimates based on the new sample were released with the Annual Revision release on May 25th, 2018. Retail E-commerce sales are estimated from the same sample used for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey to estimate preliminary and final U.S. retail sales. Please see our Monthly Retail Sample Revision FAQs by clicking the FAQs link to the left.
