Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
January 2013 retail and food services sales were $416.6 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent from December 2012 and 4.4 percent higher than January 2012. Excluding autos, retail and food services sales in January 2013 were $339 billion, up 0.2 percent from the prior month and up 3.6 percent from one year earlier.