The July 2012 Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report was released on September 14, 2012 at 8:45 a.m. (Sales) and 10:15 a.m. (Inventories), and available as:
The 2010 Annual Retail Trade Report was released on March 30, 2012.
A Summary of Changes provides comparability with previous surveys.
Annual Retail Trade Survey—2010:
Sales (1992-2010): Excel [56KB]
Inventories (1992-2010): Excel [37KB]
Purchases (1992-2010): Excel [39KB]
Total Operating Expenses (2006-2010): Excel [39KB]
2007 Detailed Operating Expenses, including Accommodation and Food Services (last revised on 3/31/2011): Visit Historical Releases
Gross Margin (1993-2010): Excel [39KB]
Gross Margin as a Percentage of Sales (1993-2010): Excel [40KB]
Accounts Receivable (2004-2010): Excel [34KB]
Per Capita Sales (2000-2010): Excel [32KB]
Inventories Held Inside and Outside the U.S. (2004-2010): Excel [33KB]
For estimates of E-commerce sales, please see our most recent E-Stats report
Annual Accommodation and Food Services—2010:
Sales (1992-2010): Excel [30KB]
Measures of Sampling Variability—2010:
Annual Sales, End-of-Year Inventories by Location Held, Accounts Receivable by Type of Account, Operating Expenses, Purchases, and Gross Margin: Excel [128KB]
Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report
The 2nd Quarter 2012 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on August 16, 2012, and available as:
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Beginning with the November 2012 release on December 13, 2012, the Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services publication data files are changing. The Excel versions of those tables will be combined into one Excel file and the Text versions will no longer be available. Please contact us with any questions.
Release Schedule
The Upcoming Release Dates are below:
Advance Monthly
(September 2012) releases October 15, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2011/2012 Release Schedule.
Monthly
(August 2012) Sales releases October 15, 2012 at 8:45 a.m. EDT, and Inventories releases October 15, 2012 at 10:15 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2011/2012 Release Schedule.
Annual (2011) releases in March 2013.
Quarterly E-Commerce (3rd Quarter 2012) releases
November 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. EST. Click here to access the 2011/2012 Release Schedule.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Monthly & Annual Retail Trade | (301) 763-2713 or (301) 763-2747 |
Last Revised:
September 14, 2012