******************************************************************************* ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES SUMMARY - May 2010 ******************************************************************************* Retail trade sales were down 1.4 percent (±0.5%) from April 2010, but 7.4 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 20.2 percent (±1.8%) from May 2009 and nonstore retailers sales were up 15.6 percent (±1.8%) 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. For information, visit the Census Bureau’s Web site at . This report is also available the day of issue through the Department of Commerce’s STAT-USA (202-482-1986). * 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 June is scheduled to be released July 14, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. EDT. TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--May 2010 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) 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 NAICS(1) Kind of Business May(3) Apr Mar May Apr Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food services, total.................... 362,517 366,915 364,836 339,088 336,671 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 300,655 304,002 302,328 283,473 282,044 Retail ....................................... 323,007 327,429 325,435 300,711 298,297 GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 95,877 96,404 92,410 92,222 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 61,862 62,913 62,508 55,615 54,627 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 55,501 56,437 56,134 49,272 48,282 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,800 7,719 7,873 7,405 7,447 443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,553 8,505 8,558 8,142 8,251 44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,723 6,760 6,487 6,589 44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,782 1,798 1,655 1,662 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 23,512 25,921 23,917 22,794 22,752 4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,941 20,207 19,537 19,458 445 Food & beverage stores........................... 49,147 48,999 49,150 47,924 47,765 4451 Grocery stores.................................. 43,838 43,607 43,801 42,743 42,621 4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,496 3,472 3,371 3,351 446 Health & personal care stores.................... 21,837 21,772 21,657 21,072 21,132 44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 18,515 18,429 18,104 18,176 447 Gasoline stations................................ 35,213 36,403 36,205 29,303 27,871 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 18,120 18,350 18,471 17,407 17,136 44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S) 44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,100 3,136 2,985 2,968 4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,271 2,306 2,149 2,123 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,212 7,180 7,272 6,834 7,032 452 General merchandise stores....................... 50,333 50,912 51,012 49,341 49,100 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,383 15,660 15,952 15,829 15,778 4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 35,252 35,060 33,512 33,322 45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 30,870 30,722 29,583 29,444 45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,382 4,338 3,929 3,878 453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 9,834 9,747 9,751 9,273 9,433 454 Nonstore retailers............................... 29,584 29,008 29,061 25,601 25,751 4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 21,836 21,799 18,917 18,958 722 Food services & drinking places.................. 39,510 39,486 39,401 38,377 38,374 (*) 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.html (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--May 2010 Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes. (In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change) 5 month total % Chg. 2010 2010 2010 2009 2009 NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2010 from May(2) Apr Mar May Apr Code 2009 (a) (p) (r) Retail & food services, total.................... 1,750,770 6.8 375,586 366,334 369,339 353,263 334,767 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 1,445,121 6.2 309,652 299,967 300,064 293,871 277,188 Retail ....................................... 1,556,860 7.5 333,982 326,137 329,308 312,353 296,355 GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 89,514 92,552 92,417 86,369 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 305,649 10.0 65,934 66,367 69,275 59,392 57,579 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 274,837 11.4 59,497 59,710 62,589 52,967 51,082 44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 47,326 50,271 41,423 39,956 4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,657 6,686 6,425 6,497 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 36,412 2.7 7,667 7,233 7,810 7,331 6,933 4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 3,920 4,362 4,048 3,758 4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,313 3,448 3,283 3,175 443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 39,416 0.6 7,871 7,339 8,109 7,523 7,093 44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 5,735 6,300 6,065 5,574 44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,604 1,809 1,458 1,519 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 115,457 3.8 29,139 29,785 23,563 27,838 25,730 4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 22,574 19,682 22,428 20,898 445 Food & beverage stores........................... 239,642 2.6 50,656 47,727 48,771 49,831 46,975 4451 Grocery stores.................................. 215,214 2.5 45,241 42,560 43,757 44,410 42,024 4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,332 3,205 3,492 3,153 446 Health & personal care stores.................... 107,782 2.9 21,924 21,772 22,761 21,198 21,174 44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 18,496 19,369 18,195 18,267 447 Gasoline stations................................ 173,274 26.6 37,502 36,767 35,734 31,384 28,066 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 82,198 4.7 18,120 17,515 17,718 17,602 16,498 44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 714 635 710 728 44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,314 3,183 3,239 3,199 44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 6,797 6,894 6,472 6,097 4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,260 2,368 2,168 2,187 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 32,251 4.2 6,592 6,297 6,741 6,383 6,097 452 General merchandise stores....................... 237,704 2.9 50,908 48,268 49,181 50,371 46,880 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 69,638 -0.6 14,992 14,308 14,783 15,501 14,694 4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 14,620 15,116 15,876 15,086 4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 33,960 34,398 34,870 32,186 45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 29,635 30,138 30,796 28,355 45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,325 4,260 4,074 3,831 453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 45,869 3.3 10,392 9,403 9,555 9,813 9,010 454 Nonstore retailers............................... 141,206 13.3 27,277 27,664 30,090 23,687 24,320 4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 20,788 21,973 17,782 17,896 722 Food services & drinking places.................. 193,910 1.9 41,604 40,197 40,031 40,910 38,412 (*) 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.html (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--May 2010 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.)(*) May Apr 2010 2010 adv. prel. from-- from-- NAICS Kind of Business Apr May Mar Apr Code 2010 2009 2010 2009 (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food Services, total.................... -1.2 +6.9 +0.6 +9.0 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... -1.1 +6.1 +0.6 +7.8 Retail .................................. -1.4 +7.4 +0.6 +9.8 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -1.7 +11.2 +0.6 +15.2 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers............... -1.7 +12.6 +0.5 +16.9 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. +1.0 +5.3 -2.0 +3.7 443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +0.6 +5.0 -0.6 +3.1 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -9.3 +3.1 +8.4 +13.9 445 Food & beverage stores........................... +0.3 +2.6 -0.3 +2.6 4451 Grocery stores.................................. +0.5 +2.6 -0.4 +2.3 446 Health & personal care stores.................... +0.3 +3.6 +0.5 +3.0 447 Gasoline stations................................ -3.3 +20.2 +0.5 +30.6 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... -1.3 +4.1 -0.7 +7.1 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +0.4 +5.5 -1.3 +2.1 452 General merchandise stores....................... -1.1 +2.0 -0.2 +3.7 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -1.8 -2.8 -1.8 -0.7 453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +0.9 +6.0 0.0 +3.3 454 Nonstore retailers............................... +2.0 +15.6 -0.2 +12.6 722 Food services & drinking places.................. +0.1 +3.0 +0.2 +2.9 (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--May 2010 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.)(*) May Apr 2010 2010 adv. prel. from-- from-- NAICS Kind of Business Apr May Mar Apr Code 2010 2009 2010 2009 (p) (r) (r) (r) Retail & food Services, total.................... +2.5 +6.3 -0.8 +9.4 Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... +3.2 +5.4 0.0 +8.2 Retail .................................. +2.4 +6.9 -1.0 +10.0 441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -0.7 +11.0 -4.2 +15.3 4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................ -0.4 +12.3 -4.6 +16.9 442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. +6.0 +4.6 -7.4 +4.3 443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +7.2 +4.6 -9.5 +3.5 444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -2.2 +4.7 +26.4 +15.8 445 Food & beverage stores........................... +6.1 +1.7 -2.1 +1.6 4451 Grocery stores.................................. +6.3 +1.9 -2.7 +1.3 446 Health & personal care stores.................... +0.7 +3.4 -4.3 +2.8 447 Gasoline stations................................ +2.0 +19.5 +2.9 +31.0 448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... +3.5 +2.9 -1.1 +6.2 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +4.7 +3.3 -6.6 +3.3 452 General merchandise stores....................... +5.5 +1.1 -1.9 +3.0 4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... +4.8 -3.3 -3.2 -2.6 453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +10.5 +5.9 -1.6 +4.4 454 Nonstore retailers............................... -1.4 +15.2 -8.1 +13.8 722 Food services & drinking places.................. +3.5 +1.7 +0.4 +4.6 (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--MAY 2010 (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.