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ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES SUMMARY - June 2009
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for June, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $342.1 billion, an increase of 0.6 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, but 9.0 percent (±0.7%) below June 2008. Total sales for the April through June 2009 period were down 9.6 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The April to May 2009 percent change was unrevised from 0.5 percent (±0.3%).
Retail trade sales were up 0.8 percent (±0.7%) from May 2009, but 10.0 percent (±0.7%) below last year. Gasoline stations sales were down 31.6 percent (±1.5%) from June 2008 and motor vehicle and parts dealers sales were down 14.1 percent (±2.5%) from last year.
The advance estimates are based on a subsample of the Census Bureau’s full retail and food services sample. A stratified random sampling method is used to select approximately 5,000 retail and food services firms whose sales are then weighted and benchmarked to represent the complete universe of over three million retail and food services firms. Responding firms account for approximately 65% of the MARTS dollar volume estimate. For an explanation of the measures of sampling variability included in this report, please see the Reliability of Estimates section on the last page of this publication.
* The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different than zero.
The Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services for July is scheduled to be released August 13, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2009
Estimates adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes.
(Total sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(2)
(In Millions of dollars)
2009 2009 2009 2008 2008
NAICS(1) Kind of Business Jun(3) May Apr Jun May
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 342,138 339,932 338,344 375,914 376,662
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 285,101 284,195 282,979 309,546 307,634
Retail ....................................... 304,027 301,491 300,117 337,909 338,906
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 93,167 93,446 98,221 98,573
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 57,037 55,737 55,365 66,368 69,028
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 50,497 49,207 48,824 59,709 62,459
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,782 7,799 7,842 8,908 9,119
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,433 8,356 8,431 9,527 9,678
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,495 6,580 7,578 7,773
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,861 1,851 1,949 1,905
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 24,036 24,262 24,163 27,643 27,442
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,262 20,077 23,509 23,456
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 49,159 49,039 48,862 49,249 48,751
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 43,799 43,691 43,559 44,102 43,698
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,510 3,494 3,452 3,407
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 20,969 21,036 21,051 20,591 20,325
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 17,475 17,538 16,958 16,845
447 Gasoline stations................................ 29,933 28,519 27,172 43,758 42,865
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 17,361 17,360 17,238 18,504 18,602
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 2,940 2,944 3,216 3,240
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,109 2,095 2,328 2,307
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,233 7,167 7,290 7,432 7,516
452 General merchandise stores....................... 49,013 49,219 49,413 50,533 50,325
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,435 15,632 15,798 17,031 16,971
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 33,587 33,615 33,502 33,354
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 29,719 29,768 29,688 29,557
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 3,868 3,847 3,814 3,797
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 9,344 9,417 9,615 9,953 9,855
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 23,727 23,580 23,675 25,443 25,400
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 16,969 16,983 17,230 17,142
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 38,111 38,441 38,227 38,005 37,756
(*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business.
(NA) Not available (S) Suppressed (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics
(2) Estimates are concurrently adjusted for seasonal variation and for holiday and trading day differences, but not for price changes. Concurrent seasonal adjustment
uses all available unadjusted estimates as input to the X-12 ARIMA program. The factors derived from the program are used in calculating all seasonally
adjusted estimates shown in this table. Year-to-date seasonally adjusted sales estimates are not tabulated. Adjustment factors and explanatory material can be found
on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/retail
(3) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample.
All other estimates are from the MRTS sample.
(4) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443),
clothing & clothing accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532).
(5) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
TABLE 1B. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2009
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
6 month total
% Chg. 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2009 from Jun(2) May Apr Jun May
Code 2008 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 1,993,294 -9.8 350,681 354,660 336,155 380,431 399,979
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 1,650,622 -7.2 288,156 294,731 277,938 310,307 323,249
Retail ....................................... 1,765,736 -11.1 311,998 313,682 298,119 341,970 359,693
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 93,087 87,248 93,638 98,891
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 342,672 -20.8 62,525 59,929 58,217 70,124 76,730
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 303,872 -22.8 55,547 53,340 51,558 63,232 69,892
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 40,904 39,492 48,953 54,724
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,589 6,659 6,892 6,838
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 44,966 -14.0 7,743 7,682 7,293 8,650 9,146
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,263 3,969 4,520 4,991
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,419 3,324 4,130 4,155
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 47,905 -8.7 7,919 7,683 7,252 8,818 9,006
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 6,073 5,573 7,017 7,322
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,610 1,679 1,801 1,684
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 146,554 -11.4 28,728 29,469 27,513 31,532 34,330
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 22,997 21,482 25,930 27,303
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 287,953 0.2 48,868 50,928 48,054 48,743 51,267
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 258,314 -0.3 43,492 45,351 42,993 43,617 45,927
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,605 3,256 3,438 3,574
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 125,052 2.8 20,738 21,183 21,093 19,994 20,833
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 17,562 17,626 16,449 17,249
447 Gasoline stations................................ 165,497 -33.6 33,016 30,458 27,199 47,784 46,337
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 94,434 -6.5 15,974 17,569 16,466 17,026 19,062
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 783 798 814 860
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,193 3,147 3,139 3,538
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 6,535 6,175 6,482 7,069
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,153 2,168 2,107 2,383
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 39,136 -2.1 6,893 6,644 6,342 6,904 6,975
452 General merchandise stores....................... 278,580 -0.8 47,383 50,334 47,046 49,314 51,468
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 84,548 -7.7 14,221 15,434 14,807 15,970 16,776
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 15,838 15,229 16,445 17,289
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 34,900 32,239 33,344 34,692
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 30,908 28,488 29,629 30,739
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 3,992 3,751 3,715 3,953
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 54,789 -4.9 9,740 9,907 9,169 10,079 10,663
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 138,198 -5.5 22,471 21,896 22,475 23,002 23,876
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 16,070 16,151 16,093 16,611
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 227,558 1.6 38,683 40,978 38,036 38,461 40,286
(*) Advance estimates are not available for this kind of business.
(NA) Not available (a) Advance estimate (p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(1) For a full description of the NAICS codes used in this table, see http://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics
(2) Advance estimates are based on early reports obtained from a small sample of firms selected from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) sample.
All other estimates are from the MRTS sample.
(3) GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443),
clothing & clothing accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, book, and music (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532).
(4) Estimates include data for leased departments operated within department stores. Data for this line are not included in broader kind-of-business totals.
TABLE 2A. ESTIMATED CHANGE IN SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2009
Estimates adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes
(Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey,
Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(*)
Jun May
2009 2009
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May
Code 2009 2008 2009 2008
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... +0.6 -9.0 +0.5 -9.8
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... +0.3 -7.9 +0.4 -7.6
Retail .................................. +0.8 -10.0 +0.5 -11.0
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... +2.3 -14.1 +0.7 -19.3
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers............... +2.6 -15.4 +0.8 -21.2
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -0.2 -12.6 -0.5 -14.5
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +0.9 -11.5 -0.9 -13.7
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -0.9 -13.0 +0.4 -11.6
445 Food & beverage stores........................... +0.2 -0.2 +0.4 +0.6
4451 Grocery stores.................................. +0.2 -0.7 +0.3 0.0
446 Health & personal care stores.................... -0.3 +1.8 -0.1 +3.5
447 Gasoline stations................................ +5.0 -31.6 +5.0 -33.5
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 0.0 -6.2 +0.7 -6.7
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +0.9 -2.7 -1.7 -4.6
452 General merchandise stores....................... -0.4 -3.0 -0.4 -2.2
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -1.3 -9.4 -1.1 -7.9
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... -0.8 -6.1 -2.1 -4.4
454 Nonstore retailers............................... +0.6 -6.7 -0.4 -7.2
722 Food services & drinking places.................. -0.9 +0.3 +0.6 +1.8
(p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(*) Estimates shown in this table are derived from adjusted estimates provided in Table 1A of this report.
TABLE 2B. ESTIMATED CHANGE IN SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2009
Data not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(Estimates are shown as percents and are based on data from the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey,
Monthly Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)(*)
Jun May
2009 2009
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May
Code 2009 2008 2009 2008
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... -1.1 -7.8 +5.5 -11.3
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... -2.2 -7.1 +6.0 -8.8
Retail .................................. -0.5 -8.8 +5.2 -12.8
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... +4.3 -10.8 +2.9 -21.9
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................ +4.1 -12.2 +3.5 -23.7
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. +0.8 -10.5 +5.3 -16.0
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +3.1 -10.2 +5.9 -14.7
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -2.5 -8.9 +7.1 -14.2
445 Food & beverage stores........................... -4.0 +0.3 +6.0 -0.7
4451 Grocery stores.................................. -4.1 -0.3 +5.5 -1.3
446 Health & personal care stores.................... -2.1 +3.7 +0.4 +1.7
447 Gasoline stations................................ +8.4 -30.9 +12.0 -34.3
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... -9.1 -6.2 +6.7 -7.8
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +3.7 -0.2 +4.8 -4.7
452 General merchandise stores....................... -5.9 -3.9 +7.0 -2.2
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -7.9 -11.0 +4.2 -8.0
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... -1.7 -3.4 +8.0 -7.1
454 Nonstore retailers............................... +2.6 -2.3 -2.6 -8.3
722 Food services & drinking places.................. -5.6 +0.6 +7.7 +1.7
(p) Preliminary estimate (r) Revised estimate
(*) Estimates shown in this table are derived from not adjusted estimates provided in Table 1B of this report.
SOURCE: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services--JUNE 2009 (Press Release available without charge from Public Information Office, Bureau of the Census Washington, D.C. 20233). Survey methodology and measures of sampling variability are documented in the Advance Press Release. Questions concerning this report should be directed to Mr. Timothy Winters (301) 763-2713.