Monthly & Annual Retail Trade

Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The March 2014 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on April 14, 2014 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

• Full Publication in Excel [242KB] | PDF [56.6KB]
• Time Series (Adjusted Sales Data/Seasonal Factors—1992 to present)

Time Series/Trend Charts: Create your own customizable time series.

Monthly Retail Trade Report

The February 2014 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on April 14, 2014 for sales and inventories, and available as:

• Retail and Food Services Sales: Excel (1992-present) [587KB]
• Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios: Excel (1992-present) [356KB]
• Adjustment Factors for Seasonal and Other Variations of Monthly Estimates: Sales | Inventories
• Reliability of Monthly Estimates: Sales | Inventories
• Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services: Sales and Inventories--January 1992 through April 2013

Time Series/Trend Charts: Create your own customizable time series.

Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

The 2012 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 31, 2014. A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.

• Annual Retail Trade Survey—2012:
  Sales (1992-2012): Excel [63KB]
  Sales Taxes (2004-2012): Excel [45KB]
  Inventories (1992-2012): Excel [44KB]
  Purchases (1992-2012): Excel [46KB]
  Total Operating Expenses (2006-2012): Excel [46KB]
  Gross Margin (1993-2012): Excel [46KB]
  Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2012): Excel [47KB]
  Accounts Receivable (2004-2012): Excel [41KB]
  Per Capita Sales (2000-2012): Excel [39KB]
  Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S. (2004-2012): Excel [41KB]
  U.S. Retail Trade Sales - Total and E-commerce (1998-2012): Excel [42KB]
  U.S. Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses (NAICS 4541) - Total and E-commerce Sales by Merchandise Line (1999-2012): Excel [43KB]
• Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2012:
  Sales (1992-2012): Excel [37KB]
• Measures of Sampling Variability—2012:
  Annual Sales, Sales Taxes, End-of-Year Inventories by Location Held, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, and Gross Margin: Excel [132KB]
  E-commerce: Excel [38KB]
  E-commerce Sales by Merchandise Line: Excel [37KB]
  Detailed Operating Expenses: Excel [68KB]
  
• Latest Detailed Operating Expenses—2012:
  Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services Excel [62KB]
  Visit historical releases of Detailed Operating Expenses here.

Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

The 4th Quarter 2013 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on February 18, 2014 and available as:

• Full 4Q 2013 Publication in PDF [64KB]
• Individual 4Q 2013 Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [24KB] | Table 2 [20KB]
  Individual 4Q 2013 Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 | Table 2

• Time Series available in Excel Format: Adjusted Sales [28KB] | Not Adjusted Sales [28KB]
  Time Series available as delimited text: Adjusted Sales | Not Adjusted Sales

• Explanation of Benchmarking Revisions for E-Commerce Estimates