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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 14, 2024

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

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Advance Estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $700.7 billion, up 0.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from the previous month, and up 1.5 percent (±0.7 percent) above February 2023. Total sales for the December 2023 through February 2024 period were up 2.1 percent (±0.5 percent) from the same period a year ago. The December 2023 to January 2024 percent change was revised from down 0.8 percent (±0.5 percent) to down 1.1 percent (±0.4 percent).

Retail trade sales were up 0.6 percent (±0.5 percent) from January 2024, and up 0.8 percent (±0.5 percent) above last year. Nonstore retailers were up 6.4 percent (±1.6 percent) from last year, while food services and drinking places were up 6.3 percent (±2.1 percent) from February 2023.


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