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ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES SUMMARY - AUGUST 2011
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $389.5 billion, virtually unchanged (±0.5%)* from the previous month and 7.2 percent (±0.7%) above August 2010. Total sales for the June through August 2011 period were up 7.9 percent (±0.7%) from the same period a year ago. The June to July 2011 percent change was revised from +0.5 percent (±0.5%)* to +0.3 percent (±0.2%).
Retail trade sales were up 0.1 percent (±0.5%)* from July 2011, and 7.5 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 20.8 percent (±1.7%) from August 2010 and nonstore retailers sales were up 10.4 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 september is scheduled to be released October 14, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--August 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 Aug(3) Jul Jun Aug Jul
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 389,502 389,338 388,284 363,481 359,446
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 323,119 322,773 321,826 301,078 297,640
Retail ....................................... 348,828 348,556 347,349 324,349 320,747
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 97,828 97,657 94,237 93,885
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 66,383 66,565 66,458 62,403 61,806
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 59,675 59,848 59,687 55,826 55,464
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,388 7,400 7,367 7,375 7,328
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,449 8,404 8,302 8,323 8,400
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,634 6,533 6,420 6,542
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,770 1,769 1,903 1,858
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 25,019 24,966 25,102 23,444 23,293
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,301 20,238 19,119 19,214
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 51,811 51,638 51,402 48,710 47,925
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 46,548 46,335 46,090 43,564 42,887
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,669 3,666 3,534 3,435
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 22,965 22,930 22,826 22,190 21,958
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 19,079 19,093 18,703 18,557
447 Gasoline stations................................ 44,859 44,704 44,327 37,150 36,511
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 18,790 18,919 18,975 17,790 17,686
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,143 3,158 3,055 3,034
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,299 2,308 2,210 2,184
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,507 7,330 7,410 7,010 7,059
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,802 52,772 52,585 50,854 50,515
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,321 15,373 15,499 15,432 15,405
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 37,399 37,086 35,422 35,110
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 32,774 32,457 30,969 30,691
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,625 4,629 4,453 4,419
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,018 10,246 10,002 9,358 9,279
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 32,837 32,682 32,593 29,742 28,987
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 25,008 24,876 23,090 22,380
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 40,674 40,782 40,935 39,132 38,699
(*) 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.html
(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--August 2011
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
8 month total
% Chg. 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2011 from Aug(2) Jul Jun Aug Jul
Code 2010 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 3,060,194 7.9 400,352 391,807 396,914 369,199 368,462
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 2,509,438 7.4 328,014 322,002 326,120 303,114 301,375
Retail ....................................... 2,733,635 8.3 358,661 348,782 355,160 328,971 327,480
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 93,727 93,715 94,605 90,855
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 550,756 10.7 72,338 69,805 70,794 66,085 67,087
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 497,259 11.4 65,046 62,900 63,447 59,120 60,345
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 51,327 51,308 48,538 49,364
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,905 7,347 6,965 6,742
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 57,469 0.4 7,787 7,430 7,205 7,611 7,519
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,029 3,844 4,085 4,053
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,401 3,361 3,526 3,466
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 62,635 -0.0 8,287 7,889 7,800 8,082 7,978
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 6,243 6,128 6,240 6,215
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,646 1,672 1,842 1,763
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 201,159 5.6 25,851 25,980 30,511 23,722 25,183
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 21,600 23,375 20,132 21,059
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 404,944 5.6 52,214 53,098 51,547 48,597 49,926
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 364,712 5.9 46,967 47,586 46,228 43,520 44,602
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,886 3,681 3,523 3,723
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 180,933 5.1 23,011 22,105 22,621 21,835 21,585
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 18,335 18,883 18,329 18,186
447 Gasoline stations................................ 357,016 19.1 47,909 48,101 47,474 39,528 40,016
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 138,910 5.6 18,958 17,736 17,611 17,960 16,907
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 633 713 551 579
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 2,841 3,130 2,875 2,779
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 7,270 6,854 7,390 7,053
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,207 2,112 2,727 2,132
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 55,299 5.7 8,641 6,751 6,973 7,907 6,586
452 General merchandise stores....................... 398,563 3.4 51,810 51,160 51,363 49,848 49,146
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 111,668 -1.0 14,861 13,950 14,755 14,844 14,094
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 14,217 15,028 15,048 14,285
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 37,210 36,608 35,004 35,052
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 32,807 31,970 30,814 30,783
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,403 4,638 4,190 4,269
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 77,639 8.0 10,257 10,241 10,547 9,514 9,476
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 248,312 13.3 31,598 28,486 30,714 28,282 26,071
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 22,182 23,781 22,397 20,500
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 326,559 4.9 41,691 43,025 41,754 40,228 40,982
(*) 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 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--August 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 Aug(3) Jul Jun Aug Jul
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 389,502 389,338 388,284 363,481 359,446
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 323,119 322,773 321,826 301,078 297,640
Retail ....................................... 348,828 348,556 347,349 324,349 320,747
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 97,828 97,657 94,237 93,885
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 66,383 66,565 66,458 62,403 61,806
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 59,675 59,848 59,687 55,826 55,464
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,388 7,400 7,367 7,375 7,328
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,449 8,404 8,302 8,323 8,400
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,634 6,533 6,420 6,542
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,770 1,769 1,903 1,858
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 25,019 24,966 25,102 23,444 23,293
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,301 20,238 19,119 19,214
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 51,811 51,638 51,402 48,710 47,925
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 46,548 46,335 46,090 43,564 42,887
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,669 3,666 3,534 3,435
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 22,965 22,930 22,826 22,190 21,958
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 19,079 19,093 18,703 18,557
447 Gasoline stations................................ 44,859 44,704 44,327 37,150 36,511
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 18,790 18,919 18,975 17,790 17,686
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,143 3,158 3,055 3,034
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,299 2,308 2,210 2,184
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,507 7,330 7,410 7,010 7,059
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,802 52,772 52,585 50,854 50,515
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,321 15,373 15,499 15,432 15,405
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 37,399 37,086 35,422 35,110
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 32,774 32,457 30,969 30,691
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,625 4,629 4,453 4,419
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,018 10,246 10,002 9,358 9,279
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 32,837 32,682 32,593 29,742 28,987
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 25,008 24,876 23,090 22,380
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 40,674 40,782 40,935 39,132 38,699
(*) 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.html
(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--August 2011
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
8 month total
% Chg. 2011 2011 2011 2010 2010
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2011 from Aug(2) Jul Jun Aug Jul
Code 2010 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 3,060,194 7.9 400,352 391,807 396,914 369,199 368,462
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 2,509,438 7.4 328,014 322,002 326,120 303,114 301,375
Retail ....................................... 2,733,635 8.3 358,661 348,782 355,160 328,971 327,480
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 93,727 93,715 94,605 90,855
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 550,756 10.7 72,338 69,805 70,794 66,085 67,087
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 497,259 11.4 65,046 62,900 63,447 59,120 60,345
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 51,327 51,308 48,538 49,364
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,905 7,347 6,965 6,742
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 57,469 0.4 7,787 7,430 7,205 7,611 7,519
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,029 3,844 4,085 4,053
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,401 3,361 3,526 3,466
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 62,635 -0.0 8,287 7,889 7,800 8,082 7,978
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 6,243 6,128 6,240 6,215
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,646 1,672 1,842 1,763
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 201,159 5.6 25,851 25,980 30,511 23,722 25,183
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 21,600 23,375 20,132 21,059
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 404,944 5.6 52,214 53,098 51,547 48,597 49,926
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 364,712 5.9 46,967 47,586 46,228 43,520 44,602
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,886 3,681 3,523 3,723
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 180,933 5.1 23,011 22,105 22,621 21,835 21,585
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 18,335 18,883 18,329 18,186
447 Gasoline stations................................ 357,016 19.1 47,909 48,101 47,474 39,528 40,016
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 138,910 5.6 18,958 17,736 17,611 17,960 16,907
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 633 713 551 579
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 2,841 3,130 2,875 2,779
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 7,270 6,854 7,390 7,053
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,207 2,112 2,727 2,132
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 55,299 5.7 8,641 6,751 6,973 7,907 6,586
452 General merchandise stores....................... 398,563 3.4 51,810 51,160 51,363 49,848 49,146
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 111,668 -1.0 14,861 13,950 14,755 14,844 14,094
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 14,217 15,028 15,048 14,285
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 37,210 36,608 35,004 35,052
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 32,807 31,970 30,814 30,783
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,403 4,638 4,190 4,269
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 77,639 8.0 10,257 10,241 10,547 9,514 9,476
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 248,312 13.3 31,598 28,486 30,714 28,282 26,071
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 22,182 23,781 22,397 20,500
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 326,559 4.9 41,691 43,025 41,754 40,228 40,982
(*) 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.
SOURCE: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services--August 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.