Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Data

 

Scheduled Release Dates

Horizontal Rule

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2009 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2008

    Sales

    January 14, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    January 14, 2009

    10:15 am

December 2008

    Sales

    February 12, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    February 12, 2009

    10:15 am

January 2009

    Sales

    March 12, 2009

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    March 12, 2009 

    10:15 am

February 2009

    Sales

    April 14, 2009

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    April 14, 2009 

    10:15 am

March 2009

    Sales

    May 13, 2009

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    May 13, 2009

    10:15 am

April 2009

    Sales

    June 11, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    June 11, 2009 

    10:15 am

May 2009

    Sales

    July 14, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    July 14, 2009 

    10:15 am

June 2009

    Sales

    August 13, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    August 13, 2009 

    10:15 am

July 2009

    Sales

    September 15, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    September 15, 2009 

    10:15 am

August 2009

    Sales

    October 14, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    October 14, 2009 

    10:15 am

September 2009

    Sales

    November 16, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    November 16, 2009 

    10:15 am

October 2009

    Sales

    December 11, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    December 11, 2009

    10:15 am

November 2009

    Sales

    To be announced at a later date 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    To be announced at a later date

    10:15 am

December 2009

    Sales

    To be announced at a later date 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    To be announced at a later date

    10:15 am

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2008 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2007

    Sales

    January 15, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    January 15, 2008

    10:15 am

December 2007

    Sales

    February 13, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    February 13, 2008

    10:15 am

January 2008

    Sales

    March 13, 2008

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    March 13, 2008 

    10:15 am

February 2008

    Sales

    April 14, 2008

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    April 14, 2008 

    10:15 am

March 2008

    Sales

    May 13, 2008

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    May 13, 2008

    10:15 am

April 2008

    Sales

    June 12, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    June 12, 2008 

    10:15 am

May 2008

    Sales

    July 15, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    July 15, 2008 

    10:15 am

June 2008

    Sales

    August 13, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    August 13, 2008 

    10:15 am

July 2008

    Sales

    September 12, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    September 12, 2008 

    10:15 am

August 2008

    Sales

    October 15, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    October 15, 2008 

    10:15 am

September 2008

    Sales

    November 14, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    November 14, 2008 

    10:15 am

October 2008

    Sales

    December 12, 2008 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    December 12, 2008

    10:15 am

November 2008

    Sales

    January 14, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    January 14, 2009

    10:15 am

December 2008

    Sales

    February 12, 2009 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    February 12, 2009

    10:15 am

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2007 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2006

    Sales

    January 12, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    January 12, 2007

    10:15 am

December 2006

    Sales

    February 14, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    February 14, 2007

    10:15 am

January 2007

    Sales

    March 13, 2007

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    March 13, 2007 

    10:15 am

February 2007

    Sales

    April 16, 2007

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    April 16, 2007 

    10:15 am

March 2007

    Sales

    May 11, 2007

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    May 11, 2007

    10:15 am

April 2007

    Sales

    June 13, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    June 13, 2007 

    10:15 am

May 2007

    Sales

    July 13, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    July 13, 2007 

    10:15 am

June 2007

    Sales

    August 13, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    August 13, 2007 

    10:15 am

July 2007

    Sales

    September 14, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    September 14, 2007 

    10:15 am

August 2007

    Sales

    October 12, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    October 12, 2007 

    10:15 am

September 2007

    Sales

    November 14, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    November 14, 2007 

    10:15 am

October 2007

    Sales

    December 13, 2007 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    December 13, 2007

    10:15 am

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2006 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2005

    Sales

    January 13, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    January 13, 2006

    10:15 am

December 2005

    Sales

    February 14, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    February 14, 2006

    10:15 am

January 2006

    Sales

    March 14, 2006

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    March 14, 2006 

    10:15 am

February 2006

    Sales

    April 13, 2006

     8:45 am

    Inventories

    April 13, 2006 

    10:15 am

March 2006

    Sales

    May 11, 2006

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    May 11, 2006

    10:15 am

April 2006

    Sales

    June 13, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    June 13, 2006 

    10:15 am

May 2006

    Sales

    July 14, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    July 14, 2006 

    10:15 am

June 2006

    Sales

    August 11, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    August 11, 2006 

    10:15 am

July 2006

    Sales

    September 14, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    September 14, 2006 

    10:15 am

August 2006

    Sales

    October 13, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    October 13, 2006 

    10:15 am

September 2006

    Sales

    November 14, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    November 14, 2006 

    10:15 am

October 2006

    Sales

    December 13, 2006 

    8:45 am

    Inventories

    December 13, 2006

    10:15 am

 

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2005 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2004

    Sales

    January 13, 2005 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    January 14, 2005

    9:00 am

December 2004

    Sales

    February 15, 2005 +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    February 15, 2005 +

    10:00 am

January 2005

    Sales

    March 15, 2005+

     9:00 am

    Inventories

    March 15, 2005 +

    10:00 am

February 2005

    Sales

    April 13, 2005

     9:00 am

    Inventories

    April 14, 2005 

    10:00 am

March 2005

    Sales

    May 13, 2005+ 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    May 13, 2005 +

    9:00 am

April 2005

    Sales

    June 14, 2005 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    June 15, 2005 

    9:00 am

May 2005

    Sales

    July 14, 2005 

 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    July 15, 2005 

    9:00 am

June 2005

    Sales

    August 11, 2005 +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    August 11, 2005  +

    10:00 am

July 2005

    Sales

    September 14, 2005 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    September 15, 2005 

    9:00 am

August 2005

    Sales

    October 14, 2005  +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    October 14, 2005  +

    10:00 am

September 2005

    Sales

    November 15, 2005 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    November 16, 2005 

    9:00 am

October 2005

 

    Sales

    December 13, 2005  +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    December 13, 2005 +

    10:00 am

+ Released on the same day as MARTS, but at 10:00 a.m

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2004 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories

Release Date

Release Time

November 2003

 

    Sales

    January 15, 2004 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    January 16, 2004

    9:00 am

December 2003

 

    Sales

    February 12, 2004 +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    February 12, 2004 +

    10:00 am

January 2004

    Sales

    March 11, 2004 

     9:00 am

    Inventories

    March 12, 2004 

    9:00 am

February 2004

    Sales

    April 13, 2004 +

     9:00 am

    Inventories

    April 13, 2004  +

    10:00 am

March 2004

    Sales

    May 13, 2004 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    May 14, 2004 

    9:00 am

April 2004

    Sales

    June 14, 2004 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    June 15, 2004 

    9:00 am

May 2004

    Sales

    July 14, 2004 

 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    July 15, 2004 

    9:00 am

June 2004

    Sales

    August 12, 2004 +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    August 12, 2004  +

    10:00 am

July 2004

    Sales

    September 14, 2004 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    September 15, 2004 

    9:00 am

August 2004

    Sales

    October 15, 2004  +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    October 15, 2004  +

    10:00 am

September 2004

    Sales

    November 12, 2004  +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    November 12, 2004  +

    10:00 am

October 2004

 

    Sales

    December 13, 2004  +

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    December 13, 2004 +

    10:00 am

+ Released on the same day as MARTS, but at 10:00 a.m

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Data for 2003 are as follows:

  Data Month

Sales/Inventories*

Release Date

Release Time

January 2003

    Sales

    March 13, 2003 

     9:00 am

    Inventories

    March 14, 2003 

    9:00 am

February 2003

    Sales

    April 11, 2003**

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    April 14, 2003 

    9:00 am

March 2003

    Sales

    May 14, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    May 15, 2003 

    9:00 am

April 2003

    Sales

    June 12, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    June 12, 2003 

    10:30 am

May 2003

    Sales

    July 15, 2003 

 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    July 16, 2003 

    9:00 am

June 2003

    Sales

    August 13, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    August 13, 2003 

    10:30 am

July 2003

    Sales

    September 12, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    September 15, 2003 

    9:00 am

August 2003

    Sales

    October 15, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    October 16, 2003 

    9:00 am

September 2003

    Sales

    November 14, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    November 17, 2003 

    9:00 am

October 2003

    Sales

    December 11, 2003 

    9:00 am

    Inventories

    December 11, 2003 

    10:30 am

 

*  Effective with the March 2003 data month,  sales data will be available the day Advance Retail Sales are released.   Inventories data
will be available the day Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales are released . 

**Data delayed because of benchmarking.  

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 2002 are as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 2002

March 15, 2002

February 2002

May 3, 2002**

March 2002

May 14, 2002

April 2002

June 12, 2002

May 2002

July 12, 2002

June 2002

August 13 2002

July 2002

September 13, 2002

August 2002

October 11, 2002

September 2002

November 14, 2002

October 2002

December 12, 2002

November 2002

January 15, 2003

December 2002

February 14, 2003

** Data delayed because of benchmarking.

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 2001 are as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 2001

March 16, 2001

February 2001

April 17, 2001

March 2001

June 1, 2001**

April 2001

June 18, 2001

May 2001

July 18, 2001

June 2001

August 16 2001

July 2001

September 19, 2001

August 2001

October 17, 2001

September 2001

November 19, 2001

October 2001

December 18, 2001

November 2001

January 17, 2002

December 2001

February 19, 2002

**Data delayed because of benchmarking.  First month data will be on a NAICS basis.

 

.The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 2000 are as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 2000

March 21, 2000

February 2000

May 5, 2000

March 2000

May 17, 2000

April 2000

June 20, 2000

May 2000

July 19, 2000

June 2000

August 16 2000

July 2000

September 20, 2000

August 2000

October 18, 2000

September 2000

November 17, 2000

October 2000

December 19, 2000

November 2000

January 18, 2001

December 2000

February 16, 2001

 

The scheduled dates fort he Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 1999 are as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 1999

March 17, 1999

February 1999

April 21, 1999

March 1999

May 19, 1999

April 1999

June 18, 1999

May 1999

August 5, 1999 **

June 1999

August 18 1999

July 1999

September 21, 1999

August 1999

October 20, 1999

September 1999

November 19, 1999

October 1999

December 21, 1999

November 1999

January 20, 2000

December 1999

February 18, 2000

** Delayed due to benchmarking

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 1998 were as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 1998

March 13, 1998

February 1998

April 15, 1998

March 1998

May 14, 1998

April 1998

June 12, 1998

May 1998

July 15, 1998

June 1998

August 14 1998

July 1998

September, 1998

August 1998

October 15, 1998

September 1998

November 17, 1998

October 1998

December 15, 1998

November 1998

January 15, 1999

December 1998

February 12, 1999

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 1997 were as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 1997

March 14, 1997

February 1997

April 15, 1997

March 1997

May 14, 1997

April 1997

June 13, 1997

May 1997

July 16, 1997

June 1997

August 14 1997

July 1997

September 16, 1997

August 1997

October 16, 1997

September 1997

November 18, 1997

October 1997

December 12, 1997

November 1997

January 15, 1998

December 1997

February 13, 1998

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 1996 were as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 1996

March 21, 1996

February 1996

April 12, 1996

March 1996

May 15, 1996

April 1996

June 14, 1996

May 1996

July 15, 1996

June 1996

August 14 1996

July 1996

September 16, 1996

August 1996

October 17, 1996

September 1996

November 15, 1996

October 1996

December 13, 1996

November 1996

January 15, 1997

December 1996

February 14, 1997

 

The scheduled dates for the Monthly Retail Trade Report/Data for 1995 were as follows:

  Data Month

Release Date 

January 1995

March 15, 1995

February 1995

April 14, 1995

March 1995

May 12, 1995

April 1995

June 14, 1995

May 1995

July 17, 1995

June 1995

August 14 1995

July 1995

September 18, 1995

August 1995

October 16, 1995

September 1995

November 15, 1995

October 1995

December 14, 1995

November 1995

January 17, 1996

December 1995

February 28, 1996

Horizontal Rule
Source: Retail Indicators Branch, U.S. Census Bureau | Last Revised: September 30, 2008