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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: March 2009 Release

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Notice of Revision: Monthly retail sales and inventories were revised based on the results of the 2007 Annual Retail Trade Survey. The Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services showing revised data can be found on our website at http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/benchmark/2009/html/annrev09.html.

 

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o Full Publication in HTML

o Full Publication in PDF Adobe PDF

o Publication Text

o Tables in spreadsheet format

o Table 1 - Estimated Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services (adjusted and not adjusted)--Data in millions of dollars

o Table 2 - Percent change in Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services (adjusted and not adjusted)

o Table 3 - Sample design and reliability of data

o Time Series: (Adjusted Sales Data/Seasonal Factors - 1992 to Present)

o Previous Releases: (1953 to Present)

Annual Revision of Monthly Retail and Food Services: Sales and Inventories-- January 1992 through March 2009    

oAdvance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services: Scheduled Release Dates for 2008/2009
oAdvance Monthly Retail Sales Release Dates for 1953-2009 in HTML
oAdvance Monthly Retail Sales Release Dates for 1953-2009 in spreadsheet (.xls) format


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Related Surveys

oMonthly Retail Trade Survey

oAnnual Retail Trade Survey

oManufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales

oRetail /Wholesale Trade

Source: Retail Indicators Branch, U.S. Census Bureau
Last Revised: April 30, 2009