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 4th Quarter 2012 Retail E-Commerce Sales Report was released on February 15, 2013 and available as:
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Estimates from the 2011 Annual Retail Trade Survey will be released on March 29, 2013.
The estimates will reflect the introduction of a newly selected sample of businesses and
will be published based on the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
For further information on the new sample, see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).
Release Schedule
The Upcoming Release Dates are below:
Advance Monthly
(February 2013) releases March 13, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2012/2013 Release Schedule.
Monthly
(January 2013) Sales releases March 13, 2013 at 8:30 a.m. EDT, and Inventories releases March 13, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
Click here to access the 2012/2013 Release Schedule.
Annual (2011) releases on March 29, 2013.
Quarterly E-Commerce (1st Quarter 2013) releases
May 15, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Click here to access the 2012/2013 Release Schedule.
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Last Revised:
December 19, 2012