Monthly & Annual Retail Trade

Advance Monthly Retail Trade Report

The September 2012 Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on October 15, 2012 at 8:30 a.m., and available as:

• Full Publication in PDF [80KB]
• Current Publication Tables in Excel Format: Table 1 [64KB] | Table 2 [44KB] | Table 3 [36KB]
• Current Publication Tables in Text Format: Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3
• Time Series (Adjusted Sales Data/Seasonal Factors—1992 to present)

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Monthly Retail Trade Report

The August 2012 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on October 15, 2012 at 8:45 a.m. (Sales) and 10:15 a.m. (Inventories), and available as:

• Retail and Food Services Sales: Excel (1992-present) [496KB]
• Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios: Excel (1992-present) [304KB]
• 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 March 2012

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Latest Annual Retail Trade Report

The 2010 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 30, 2012. A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.

• Annual Retail Trade Survey—2010:
  Sales (1992-2010): Excel [56KB]
  Inventories (1992-2010): Excel [37KB]
  Purchases (1992-2010): Excel [39KB]
  Total Operating Expenses (2006-2010): Excel [39KB]
  2007 Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services (last revised on 3/31/2011): Visit Historical Releases
  Gross Margin (1993-2010): Excel [39KB]
  Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2010): Excel [40KB]
  Accounts Receivable (2004-2010): Excel [34KB]
  Per Capita Sales (2000-2010): Excel [32KB]
  Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S. (2004-2010): Excel [33KB]
  For estimates of E-commerce sales, please see our most recent E-Stats report
• Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2010:
  Sales (1992-2010): Excel [30KB]
• Measures of Sampling Variability—2010:
  Annual Sales, End-of-Year Inventories by Location Held, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, and Gross Margin: Excel [128KB]
  

Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report

The 2nd Quarter 2012 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on August 16, 2012, and available as:

• Full 2Q 2012 Publication in PDF [64KB]
• Individual 2Q 2012 Tables available in Excel Format: Table 1 [24KB] | Table 2 [20KB]
  Individual 2Q 2012 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