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ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES SUMMARY - June 2012
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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 $401.5 billion, a decrease of 0.5 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month, but 3.8 percent (±0.7%) above June 2011. Total sales for the April through June 2012 period were up 4.7 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The April to May 2012 percent change was unrevised from -0.2 percent (±0.2%)*.
Retail trade sales were down 0.5 percent (±0.5%)* from May 2012, but 3.5 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Nonstore retailers sales were up 10.9 percent (±3.1%) from June 2011 and furniture and home furnishings stores were up 7.8 percent (±2.8%) 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.
* 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 14, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--June 2012
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)
2012 2012 2012 2011 2011
NAICS(1) Kind of Business Jun(3) May Apr Jun May
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 401,515 403,445 404,112 386,919 383,733
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 328,524 330,003 331,218 318,921 316,939
Retail ....................................... 357,763 359,625 360,174 345,771 342,943
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 99,139 98,935 97,430 96,481
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 72,991 73,442 72,894 67,998 66,794
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 66,080 66,547 65,922 61,105 60,042
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 7,874 7,934 7,835 7,306 7,272
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,151 8,213 8,156 8,232 8,205
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,155 6,092 6,324 6,230
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 2,058 2,064 1,908 1,975
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 23,652 24,048 24,531 23,513 23,055
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,381 20,635 19,853 19,483
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 52,564 52,520 52,582 51,296 50,980
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 47,059 47,012 47,108 46,072 45,807
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,767 3,744 3,600 3,566
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 22,819 22,979 23,031 22,685 22,670
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 19,139 19,151 19,146 19,280
447 Gasoline stations................................ 44,011 44,806 45,739 43,977 44,458
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 19,695 19,663 19,515 19,035 18,741
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,428 3,393 3,243 3,183
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,363 2,355 2,320 2,259
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,393 7,516 7,495 7,084 6,968
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,545 52,658 52,791 52,713 52,233
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,122 15,236 15,227 15,629 15,384
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 37,422 37,564 37,084 36,849
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 32,519 32,747 32,615 32,493
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 4,903 4,817 4,469 4,356
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,012 9,960 10,065 9,416 9,395
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 36,056 35,886 35,540 32,516 32,172
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 27,788 27,538 24,915 24,628
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 43,752 43,820 43,938 41,148 40,790
(*) 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 2012
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. 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2012 from Jun(2) May Apr Jun May
Code 2011 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 2,385,742 6.4 406,906 423,656 398,514 392,888 396,066
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 1,939,820 5.9 330,951 343,480 324,506 321,351 325,448
Retail ....................................... 2,122,920 6.1 361,491 377,689 354,268 351,082 353,318
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 97,954 92,280 93,161 94,310
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 445,922 8.2 75,955 80,176 74,008 71,537 70,618
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 404,394 8.7 68,657 72,936 67,175 64,099 63,765
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 60,493 55,140 52,071 52,056
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 7,240 6,833 7,438 6,853
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 45,468 9.0 7,685 7,997 7,185 7,101 7,148
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,313 3,914 3,805 3,872
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,684 3,271 3,296 3,276
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 45,891 0.4 7,693 7,632 6,915 7,752 7,516
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 5,718 5,099 5,957 5,725
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,914 1,816 1,795 1,791
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 148,635 8.1 27,281 30,787 27,305 28,007 28,694
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 24,681 21,667 22,791 22,932
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 311,133 4.1 53,089 54,411 51,271 51,506 51,905
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 280,170 3.8 47,435 48,751 46,072 46,256 46,677
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,827 3,452 3,629 3,545
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 137,835 2.4 22,431 23,439 22,686 22,413 22,783
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 19,503 18,864 18,935 19,357
447 Gasoline stations................................ 271,837 5.5 46,696 48,390 46,882 46,880 47,615
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 109,124 6.6 18,526 19,904 18,526 17,637 18,618
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 769 756 718 736
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,678 3,569 3,155 3,371
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 7,534 7,150 6,833 7,011
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,313 2,301 2,102 2,180
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 40,804 7.3 7,186 6,975 6,573 6,666 6,348
452 General merchandise stores....................... 302,154 2.7 51,191 52,312 50,349 51,193 51,708
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 82,938 -0.3 14,338 14,574 13,975 14,823 14,577
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 14,806 14,203 15,069 14,821
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 37,738 36,374 36,370 37,131
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 32,649 31,634 31,897 32,688
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 5,089 4,740 4,473 4,443
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 58,450 8.7 10,547 10,780 9,432 9,899 9,903
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 205,667 11.2 33,211 34,886 33,136 30,491 30,462
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 27,343 25,555 23,694 23,766
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 262,822 8.7 45,415 45,967 44,246 41,806 42,748
(*) 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 2012
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
2012 2012
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May
Code 2012 2011 2012 2011
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... -0.5 +3.8 -0.2 +5.1
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... -0.4 +3.0 -0.4 +4.1
Retail .................................. -0.5 +3.5 -0.2 +4.9
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -0.6 +7.3 +0.8 +10.0
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers............... -0.7 +8.1 +0.9 +10.8
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -0.8 +7.8 +1.3 +9.1
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... -0.8 -1.0 +0.7 +0.1
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -1.6 +0.6 -2.0 +4.3
445 Food & beverage stores........................... +0.1 +2.5 -0.1 +3.0
4451 Grocery stores.................................. +0.1 +2.1 -0.2 +2.6
446 Health & personal care stores.................... -0.7 +0.6 -0.2 +1.4
447 Gasoline stations................................ -1.8 +0.1 -2.0 +0.8
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... +0.2 +3.5 +0.8 +4.9
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ -1.6 +4.4 +0.3 +7.9
452 General merchandise stores....................... -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 +0.8
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -0.7 -3.2 +0.1 -1.0
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... +0.5 +6.3 -1.0 +6.0
454 Nonstore retailers............................... +0.5 +10.9 +1.0 +11.5
722 Food services & drinking places.................. -0.2 +6.3 -0.3 +7.4
(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--June 2012
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
2012 2012
adv. prel.
from-- from--
NAICS Kind of Business May Jun Apr May
Code 2012 2011 2012 2011
(p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food Services, total.................... -4.0 +3.6 +6.3 +7.0
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts ).......... -3.6 +3.0 +5.8 +5.5
Retail .................................. -4.3 +3.0 +6.6 +6.9
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... -5.3 +6.2 +8.3 +13.5
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................ -5.9 +7.1 +8.6 +14.4
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. -3.9 +8.2 +11.3 +11.9
443 Electronics & appliance stores................... +0.8 -0.8 +10.4 +1.5
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers -11.4 -2.6 +12.8 +7.3
445 Food & beverage stores........................... -2.4 +3.1 +6.1 +4.8
4451 Grocery stores.................................. -2.7 +2.5 +5.8 +4.4
446 Health & personal care stores.................... -4.3 +0.1 +3.3 +2.9
447 Gasoline stations................................ -3.5 -0.4 +3.2 +1.6
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... -6.9 +5.0 +7.4 +6.9
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores........ +3.0 +7.8 +6.1 +9.9
452 General merchandise stores....................... -2.1 0.0 +3.9 +1.2
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... -1.6 -3.3 +4.3 0.0
453 Miscellaneous stores retailers................... -2.2 +6.5 +14.3 +8.9
454 Nonstore retailers............................... -4.8 +8.9 +5.3 +14.5
722 Food services & drinking places.................. -1.2 +8.6 +3.9 +7.5
(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 2012 (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. Ian Thomas (301) 763-2713.