Combined Seasonal, Trading-Day, and Holiday Adjustment Factors for U.S. Retail Sales and Food Services by Kind of Business NAICS Kind of Business Jan 08 Feb 08 Mar 08 Apr 08 May 08 Jun 08 Jul 08 Aug 08 Sep 08 Oct 08 Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan 09 Feb 09 Mar 09 Apr 09 May 09 code Retail Sales and Food Services, total 0.911 0.923 0.994 0.989 1.064 1.006 1.028 1.027 0.952 0.996 0.985 1.147 0.917 0.887 0.991 0.994 1.046 Retail Sales, total 0.909 0.919 0.992 0.988 1.064 1.006 1.027 1.024 0.950 0.994 0.989 1.162 0.914 0.885 0.989 0.994 1.044 441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 0.887 0.951 1.065 1.058 1.114 1.047 1.096 1.075 0.987 0.954 0.845 0.948 0.885 0.915 1.071 1.060 1.079 442 Furniture and home furnishings stores 0.918 0.934 0.965 0.934 1.006 0.970 1.025 1.053 0.985 1.003 1.061 1.170 0.922 0.893 0.966 0.933 0.990 443 Electronics and appliance stores 0.938 0.949 0.928 0.863 0.947 0.928 0.951 0.988 0.896 0.884 1.124 1.625 0.939 0.914 0.928 0.865 0.939 444 Building mat. and garden equip. and supp. dealers 0.795 0.791 0.951 1.133 1.240 1.136 1.113 1.014 1.008 1.056 0.912 0.887 0.772 0.754 0.968 1.129 1.208 445 Food and beverage stores 0.975 0.942 1.000 0.958 1.053 0.991 1.032 1.025 0.962 1.000 0.996 1.086 0.992 0.906 0.968 0.986 1.039 446 Health and personal care 1.003 0.990 1.026 0.985 1.025 0.976 0.992 0.984 0.967 1.009 0.957 1.119 0.999 0.949 1.017 0.998 1.007 447 Gasoline stations 0.903 0.888 0.976 1.004 1.088 1.074 1.114 1.087 1.001 1.035 0.907 0.936 0.916 0.854 0.972 1.010 1.077 448 Clothing and clothing access. stores 0.764 0.864 0.964 0.919 1.018 0.909 0.925 1.011 0.908 0.973 1.081 1.672 0.779 0.833 0.919 0.962 1.002 451 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 0.950 0.826 0.899 0.868 0.937 0.930 0.943 1.152 0.930 0.878 1.036 1.668 0.974 0.784 0.885 0.864 0.940 452 General merchandise stores 0.856 0.898 0.965 0.919 1.028 0.984 0.970 1.007 0.890 0.965 1.102 1.420 0.868 0.865 0.927 0.959 1.031 4521 Department stores 0.780 0.848 0.940 0.892 0.988 0.941 0.916 0.992 0.855 0.959 1.191 1.710 0.791 0.817 0.897 0.931 0.988 45291 Warehouse clubs and superstores 0.908 0.931 0.985 0.934 1.047 1.005 0.997 1.022 0.909 0.966 1.051 1.255 0.922 0.897 0.951 0.961 1.052 453 Miscellaneous stores retail 0.914 0.932 0.928 0.940 1.080 1.016 1.026 1.010 0.998 1.031 0.961 1.194 0.902 0.892 0.945 0.939 1.054 454 Nonstore retailers 1.051 1.003 0.988 0.954 0.940 0.904 0.925 0.924 0.960 1.033 1.030 1.328 1.030 0.958 1.014 0.953 0.915 722 Food services and drinking places 0.928 0.950 1.019 0.996 1.065 1.015 1.038 1.062 0.972 1.011 0.954 1.009 0.950 0.909 1.010 0.995 1.063 Note: Estimates are adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences. Each month, new factors are developed using the latest estimates and applied to the not adjusted advance, preliminary, and final estimates and to the estimates of the previous year that correspond to the advance and preliminary months. The sales adjustment factors are not included in this table for those kinds of business for which adjusted estimates are not shown separately. Adjusted sales estimates are obtained by dividing the not adjusted estimates by the adjustment factors shown above for corresponding kinds of business. Adjusted estimates for the summary trade totals are obtained by summarizing the adjusted estimates for the individual kind of business. The options used to derive factors for each kind of business were selected during the last benchmarking operation and will not be subject to modification until the next benchmarking operation. These options are available upon request. SOURCE: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE SURVEY RETAIL INDICATORS BRANCH U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Last Revised: April 30, 2009