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Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: The Census Bureau continues to monitor response and data quality and has determined that estimates in this release meet publication standards. For more information, see COVID-19 FAQs.

The February 2021 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on March 16, 2021 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

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Monthly Retail Trade Report

Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: The Census Bureau continues to monitor response and data quality and has determined that estimates in this release meet publication standards. For more information, see COVID-19 FAQs.

The January 2021 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on March 16, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. for sales and 10:00 a.m. for inventories, and available as:

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

NOW AVAILABLE! New monthly state retail sales data were published as an experimental data product for the first time on September 30, 2020. Please visit here for the data, interactive visualization, and documentation.


Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

Special Notice: The Supplemental Tables provided below are currently an experimental product. Explanatory Material for these experimental statistics and specific recommendations for interpreting these statistics are described here. The Census Bureau invites users to provide feedback on how to improve this experimental product.

The 4th Quarter 2020 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on February 19, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., and available as:

  • Full 4Q 2020 Publication in PDF [286KB]
  • 4Q 2020 Publication Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [37KB] | Table 2 [70KB]
  • 4Q 2020 Publication Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 [1KB] | Table 2 [1KB]

    Experimental Tables Logo Supplemental Quarterly E-Commerce Tables

  • 4Q 2020 E-commerce Tables in Excel Format: Tables [85KB]
  • Time Series Tables in Excel Format: Tables [78KB]
  • Explanatory Material

An Explanation of Benchmarking Revisions for E-Commerce Estimates can be found here.


Announcements

  • Intention to Revise: Monthly retail sales estimates will be revised based on the results of the 2019 Annual Retail Trade Survey and the Service Annual Survey. Revised not adjusted estimates and corresponding adjusted estimates are scheduled for release on April 26, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
  • FRED Mobile App: Receive the latest updates on the nation's key economic indicators by downloading the FRED App for both Apple and Android devices. FRED, the signature database of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, now incorporates the Census Bureau's 13 economic indicators.
  • API: The URL for the economic indicators data in the Census Bureau API (Application Programming Interface) has been updated to add /timeseries/. Examples can be found on the Developers' webpage.

Release Schedule

The Upcoming Release Dates are below:

  • Advance Monthly (March 2021) releases April 15, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Click here to access the 2020/2021 Release Schedule.
  • Monthly (February 2021) Sales releases April 15, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. EDT, and Inventories releases April 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Click here to access the 2020/2021 Release Schedule.
  • Quarterly E-Commerce (1st Quarter 2021) releases May 18, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Click here to access the 2020/2021 Release Schedule.

Contact Us

For Advance Monthly Retail, Monthly Retail, and Quarterly E-Commerce:

  • For Survey Processing,
    Email Us!
    Call us: (301)763-2713
  • For Survey Methodology,
    Call us: (301)763-2713
  • For Seasonal Adjustment,
    Call us: (301)763-7186
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Monthly Retail Trade | (301) 763-2713 |  Last Revised: April 02, 2021