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Monthly Retail Trade


Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The September 2022 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on October 14, 2022 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

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Monthly Retail Trade Report

The August 2022 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on October 14, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. for sales and 10:00 a.m. for inventories, and available as:

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Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

The 2nd Quarter 2022 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on August 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., and available as:

  • Full 2Q 2022 Publication in PDF [382KB]
  • 2Q 2022 Publication Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [30KB] | Table 2 [36KB]
  • 2Q 2022 Publication Tables available as delimited text: Table 1 [1KB] | Table 2 [1KB]

Supplemental Quarterly E-Commerce Tables

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


Announcements

  • Notice: Beginning with the December 15, 2022 release for the November 2022 Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report, the estimates will be based on a new sample. For further information on the sample revision, see our Sample Revision FAQs.
  • Check out our latest blog post, Inflation and the U.S. Census Bureau's Economic Indicator Programs.
  • 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 (October 2022) releases November 16, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2022/2023 Release Schedule.
  • Monthly (September 2022) Sales releases November 16, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. EST, and Inventories releases November 16, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2022/2023 Release Schedule.
  • Quarterly E-Commerce (3rd Quarter 2022) releases November 18, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2021/2022 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: September 16, 2022