Special Notice: The Text version of the Advanced Monthly Sales and Retail and Food Services (MARTS) release will not be available beginning with the November 2012 MARTS release on December 13, 2012. However, the release will continue to be available in PDF and Excel formats at http://www.census.gov/retail
TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--September 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 Sep(3) Aug Jul Sep Aug
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 412,939 408,250 403,587 391,913 388,718
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 337,398 333,676 330,321 322,062 321,705
Retail ....................................... 368,787 364,288 359,725 350,098 347,395
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 99,384 99,546 98,399 97,703
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 75,541 74,574 73,266 69,851 67,013
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 68,659 67,770 66,336 62,813 59,999
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 8,112 8,081 8,030 7,503 7,409
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 8,536 8,170 8,259 8,238 8,357
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 6,219 6,276 6,291 6,429
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,951 1,983 1,947 1,928
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 24,632 24,353 23,897 23,579 23,666
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 20,612 20,235 19,937 19,962
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 53,411 52,783 52,886 51,367 51,663
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 47,839 47,352 47,425 46,105 46,423
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,673 3,700 3,652 3,629
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 23,040 22,951 22,975 22,859 22,917
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 18,993 19,029 19,256 19,330
447 Gasoline stations................................ 47,176 46,030 43,404 44,604 44,655
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 20,147 20,017 19,957 19,201 18,870
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,457 3,476 3,272 3,115
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,413 2,406 2,328 2,281
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,553 7,493 7,516 7,186 7,146
452 General merchandise stores....................... 52,612 52,469 52,606 53,199 52,874
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 15,270 15,308 15,308 15,469 15,301
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 37,161 37,298 37,730 37,573
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 32,152 32,327 33,210 33,074
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 5,009 4,971 4,520 4,499
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,267 10,274 10,174 9,668 9,681
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 37,760 37,093 36,755 32,843 33,144
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 29,226 28,716 25,196 25,397
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 44,152 43,962 43,862 41,815 41,323
(*) 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--September 2012
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
9 month total
% Chg. 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2012 from Sep(2) Aug Jul Sep Aug
Code 2011 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 3,599,536 5.6 390,766 422,637 400,813 379,330 398,950
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 2,926,180 5.0 319,997 341,846 325,335 311,306 326,393
Retail ....................................... 3,202,841 5.3 347,453 377,092 355,767 338,059 356,718
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 101,524 93,633 91,623 98,373
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 673,356 8.1 70,769 80,791 75,478 68,024 72,557
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 610,580 8.7 64,059 73,327 68,326 60,866 64,919
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 60,993 56,958 51,006 53,711
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 7,464 7,152 7,158 7,638
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 70,015 8.8 7,942 8,558 7,934 7,556 7,772
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 4,571 4,270 4,085 4,157
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,987 3,664 3,471 3,615
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 69,526 0.1 7,765 8,098 7,820 7,578 8,293
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 6,188 5,962 5,763 6,384
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 1,910 1,858 1,815 1,909
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 221,733 5.8 23,146 25,244 24,986 23,299 24,540
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 22,158 21,712 20,396 21,499
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 470,601 3.6 51,933 54,068 53,361 50,360 52,054
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 423,313 3.3 46,595 48,536 47,852 45,229 46,841
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,813 3,778 3,597 3,658
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 204,750 1.5 21,819 23,089 22,263 22,265 23,032
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 19,050 18,420 18,736 19,349
447 Gasoline stations................................ 412,852 3.9 46,563 49,482 45,921 44,738 47,602
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 166,619 6.1 18,456 20,643 18,234 17,818 19,056
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 644 642 698 596
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,277 3,090 3,177 2,909
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 8,357 7,477 6,854 7,685
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 3,050 2,242 2,163 2,824
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 63,585 6.6 7,168 8,699 6,847 6,899 8,239
452 General merchandise stores....................... 452,301 1.5 48,036 52,057 49,847 48,615 51,642
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 125,240 -0.4 13,521 15,192 13,576 13,730 14,811
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 15,433 13,796 13,956 15,051
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 36,865 36,271 34,885 36,831
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 32,056 31,583 30,686 32,611
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,809 4,688 4,199 4,220
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 89,288 7.3 10,014 10,685 10,185 9,768 10,087
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 308,215 11.5 33,842 35,678 32,891 31,139 31,844
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 28,525 26,074 24,087 24,965
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 396,695 7.7 43,313 45,545 45,046 41,271 42,232
(*) 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.
SOURCE: Advance Monthly Sales for Retail Trade and Food Services--September 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.