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ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES SUMMARY - MAY 2011
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $387.1 billion, a decrease of 0.2 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month, but 7.7 percent (±0.7%) above May 2010. Total sales for the March through May 2011 period were up 7.5 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The March to April 2011 percent change was revised from +0.5 percent (±0.5%)* to +0.3 percent (±0.3%)*.
Retail trade sales were down 0.3 percent (±0.5%)* from April 2011, but 8.0 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 22.3 percent (±1.7%) from May 2010 and nonstore retailers sales were up 15.9 percent (±3.1%) 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 June is scheduled to be released July 14, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--May 2011
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)
2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business May(3) Apr Mar May Apr
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 387,117 388,049 386,960 359,345 361,735
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 321,959 320,940 319,392 297,509 300,450
Retail ....................................... 346,417 347,607 346,195 320,680 322,993
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 97,376 97,295 93,656 94,004
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 65,158 67,109 67,568 61,836 61,285
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 58,588 60,533 60,940 55,476 54,857
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,398 7,453 7,547 7,371 7,386
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,380 8,490 8,594 8,404 8,295
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,568 6,629 6,570 6,510
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,922 1,965 1,834 1,785
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 25,017 24,714 24,580 23,371 25,530
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 19,845 19,755 19,559 20,781
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 50,934 51,173 50,546 48,295 48,247
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 45,735 45,916 45,355 43,212 43,065
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,607 3,598 3,476 3,542
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 22,773 22,594 22,821 21,659 21,851
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 18,796 19,039 18,388 18,475
447 Gasoline stations................................ 45,164 45,039 44,427 36,941 37,576
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 18,729 18,693 18,681 17,673 17,776
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,098 3,173 3,048 3,080
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,214 2,243 2,179 2,197
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,344 7,370 7,390 6,983 6,928
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,354 52,400 52,084 50,288 50,682
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,351 15,459 15,464 15,429 15,565
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 36,941 36,620 34,859 35,117
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 32,319 32,040 30,511 30,677
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,622 4,580 4,348 4,440
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,100 9,897 9,700 9,321 9,131
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 33,066 32,675 32,257 28,538 28,306
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 24,835 24,521 21,916 21,697
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 40,700 40,442 40,765 38,665 38,742
(*) 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--May 2011
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. 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2011 from May(2) Apr Mar May Apr
Code 2010 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 1,870,899 8.0 400,649 389,352 394,861 371,518 362,038
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 1,534,237 7.1 331,649 319,075 318,879 306,142 297,491
Retail ....................................... 1,670,882 8.4 358,036 347,778 353,036 330,726 322,599
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 93,182 93,875 92,760 88,208
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 336,662 12.4 69,000 70,277 75,982 65,376 64,547
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 304,767 13.3 62,279 63,681 68,923 58,971 57,984
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 51,960 56,083 48,052 46,802
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,596 7,059 6,405 6,563
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 35,045 0.4 7,235 7,065 7,705 7,194 6,980
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 3,947 4,360 4,057 3,760
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,118 3,345 3,137 3,220
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 38,781 0.5 7,649 7,367 8,260 7,704 7,176
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 5,714 6,264 6,090 5,612
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,653 1,996 1,614 1,564
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 119,489 5.1 32,076 27,627 24,543 28,815 29,140
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 20,996 19,636 22,552 22,444
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 247,946 4.6 51,875 51,079 50,159 49,833 47,230
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 223,890 4.9 46,650 45,870 45,355 44,638 42,247
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,495 3,353 3,511 3,376
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 112,965 5.5 22,750 22,458 23,848 21,551 21,698
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 18,758 19,858 18,333 18,383
447 Gasoline stations................................ 213,495 17.5 48,055 46,030 44,427 39,453 38,553
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 84,612 5.1 18,611 18,447 18,086 17,787 17,087
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 747 646 666 669
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,368 3,243 3,252 3,268
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 7,129 7,083 6,978 6,824
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,285 2,250 2,159 2,168
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 32,873 5.7 6,624 6,707 6,910 6,334 6,104
452 General merchandise stores....................... 244,420 2.8 52,308 50,925 50,089 50,997 48,229
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 68,137 -1.9 14,597 14,529 14,197 15,062 14,309
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 14,805 14,467 15,271 14,510
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 36,396 35,892 35,935 33,920
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 31,802 31,367 31,487 29,542
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,594 4,525 4,448 4,378
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 46,824 9.2 10,740 9,545 9,516 9,685 8,806
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 157,770 14.9 31,113 30,251 33,511 25,997 27,049
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 22,997 24,693 20,294 20,721
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 200,017 4.9 42,613 41,574 41,825 40,792 39,439
(*) 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--May 2011
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
2011 2011
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business Apr May Mar Apr
Code 2011 2010 2011 2010
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... -0.2 +7.7 +0.3 +7.3
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... +0.3 +8.2 +0.5 +6.8
Retail .................................. -0.3 +8.0 +0.4 +7.6
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -2.9 +5.4 -0.7 +9.5
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers............... -3.2 +5.6 -0.7 +10.3
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -0.7 +0.4 -1.2 +0.9
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... -1.3 -0.3 -1.2 +2.4
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers +1.2 +7.0 +0.5 -3.2
445 Food & beverage stores........................... -0.5 +5.5 +1.2 +6.1
4451 Grocery stores.................................. -0.4 +5.8 +1.2 +6.6
446 Health & personal care stores.................... +0.8 +5.1 -1.0 +3.4
447 Gasoline stations................................ +0.3 +22.3 +1.4 +19.9
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... +0.2 +6.0 +0.1 +5.2
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ -0.4 +5.2 -0.3 +6.4
452 General merchandise stores....................... -0.1 +4.1 +0.6 +3.4
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -0.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.7
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +2.1 +8.4 +2.0 +8.4
454 Nonstore retailers............................... +1.2 +15.9 +1.3 +15.4
722 Food services & drinking places.................. +0.6 +5.3 -0.8 +4.4
(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 2011
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
2011 2011
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business Apr May Mar Apr
Code 2011 2010 2011 2010
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... +2.9 +7.8 -1.4 +7.5
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... +3.9 +8.3 +0.1 +7.3
Retail .................................. +2.9 +8.3 -1.5 +7.8
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -1.8 +5.5 -7.5 +8.9
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................ -2.2 +5.6 -7.6 +9.8
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. +2.4 +0.6 -8.3 +1.2
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +3.8 -0.7 -10.8 +2.7
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers +16.1 +11.3 +12.6 -5.2
445 Food & beverage stores........................... +1.6 +4.1 +1.8 +8.1
4451 Grocery stores.................................. +1.7 +4.5 +1.1 +8.6
446 Health & personal care stores.................... +1.3 +5.6 -5.8 +3.5
447 Gasoline stations................................ +4.4 +21.8 +3.6 +19.4
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... +0.9 +4.6 +2.0 +8.0
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ -1.2 +4.6 -2.9 +9.9
452 General merchandise stores....................... +2.7 +2.6 +1.7 +5.6
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... +0.5 -3.1 +2.3 +1.5
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +12.5 +10.9 +0.3 +8.4
454 Nonstore retailers............................... +2.8 +19.7 -9.7 +11.8
722 Food services & drinking places.................. +2.5 +4.5 -0.6 +5.4
(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 2011 (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.