TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--December 2007
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)
2007 2007 2007 2006 2006
NAICS(1) Kind of Business Dec(3) Nov Oct Dec Nov
Code (a) (p) (r) (r) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 382,928 384,342 380,349 367,929 363,067
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 305,803 306,904 301,775 290,724 286,792
Retail ....................................... 344,880 346,352 342,295 330,700 326,885
GAFO(4).......................................... (*) 99,469 98,396 96,214 95,168
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 77,125 77,438 78,574 77,205 76,275
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 70,826 71,061 72,063 70,977 70,170
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 10,267 10,201 10,207 10,209 10,215
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 9,588 9,770 9,460 9,394 9,246
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) 7,919 7,625 7,426 7,375
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) 1,851 1,835 1,968 1,871
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 28,675 29,523 29,055 29,683 28,957
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) 25,308 25,037 26,024 25,563
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 49,100 48,767 48,423 46,312 46,058
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 43,751 43,416 43,084 41,213 40,967
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) 3,414 3,408 3,234 3,224
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 20,080 19,933 19,898 19,327 19,440
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) 16,646 16,684 16,369 16,471
447 Gasoline stations................................ 38,767 39,427 36,648 32,717 31,628
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 18,689 19,068 18,759 18,370 18,084
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (S) (S) (S) (S)
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) 3,450 3,410 3,392 3,263
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) 2,281 2,212 2,298 2,293
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 7,474 7,626 7,542 7,204 7,132
452 General merchandise stores....................... 48,951 48,790 48,369 47,141 46,553
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 17,287 17,352 17,273 17,691 17,592
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(5)............... (*) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA)
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) 31,438 31,096 29,450 28,961
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) 27,844 27,502 25,906 25,442
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) 3,594 3,594 3,544 3,519
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 10,405 10,297 10,371 10,168 10,163
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 25,759 25,512 24,989 22,970 23,134
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) 17,137 16,908 15,892 15,623
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 38,048 37,990 38,054 37,229 36,182
(*) 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/epcd/www/naics.html
(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/mrts/www/mrts.html
(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--December 2007
Estimates not adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences and price changes.
(In Millions of dollars and Annual Percent Change)
12 month total
% Chg. 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006
NAICS(1) Kind of Business 2007 from Dec(2) Nov Oct Dec Nov
Code 2006 (a) (p) (r)
Retail & food services, total.................... 4,511,870 4.2 435,874 384,044 374,656 422,341 360,754
Total (excl. motor vehicle & parts)............ 3,587,247 4.6 364,481 315,376 298,901 350,836 292,924
Retail ....................................... 4,063,413 4.1 397,446 347,688 336,602 384,218 326,634
GAFO(3).......................................... (*) (*) (*) 109,817 93,407 147,500 104,565
441 Motor vehicle & parts dealers.................... 924,623 2.6 71,393 68,668 75,755 71,505 67,830
4411,4412 Auto & other motor veh. dealers................. 849,046 2.6 65,585 62,463 68,964 65,725 61,890
44111 New car dealers................................ (*) (*) (*) 51,905 56,855 55,665 51,698
4413 Auto parts, acc. & tire stores.................. (*) (*) (*) 6,205 6,791 5,780 5,940
442 Furniture & home furnishings stores.............. 123,287 1.7 11,920 11,088 10,146 11,996 11,063
4421 Furniture stores................................ (*) (*) (*) 5,639 5,279 5,685 5,639
4422 Home furnishings stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 5,449 4,867 6,311 5,424
443 Electronics & appliance stores.................... 112,565 3.3 15,814 11,203 8,422 15,507 10,452
44311,13 Appl., T.V. & camera........................... (*) (*) (*) 9,154 6,725 12,573 8,400
44312 Computer & software stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 2,049 1,697 2,934 2,052
444 Building material & garden eq. & supplies dealers 353,791 -1.3 24,461 28,776 30,324 25,517 28,026
4441 Building mat. & supplies dealers................ (*) (*) (*) 24,928 26,664 22,901 25,077
445 Food & beverage stores........................... 572,474 5.7 53,926 49,066 47,697 51,270 46,177
4451 Grocery stores.................................. 509,581 5.5 46,507 43,546 42,524 44,057 41,008
4453 Beer, wine & liquor stores...................... (*) (*) (*) 3,540 3,313 4,498 3,295
446 Health & personal care stores.................... 236,848 5.7 22,148 19,514 19,978 21,356 18,954
44611 Pharmacies & drug stores........................ (*) (*) (*) 16,346 16,884 17,924 16,125
447 Gasoline stations................................ 428,729 6.0 36,674 37,653 37,344 31,048 30,015
448 Clothing & clothing accessories stores........... 224,953 4.8 31,568 20,838 17,908 31,655 19,580
44811 Men's clothing stores........................... (*) (*) (*) 940 840 1,456 920
44812 Women's clothing stores......................... (*) (*) (*) 3,674 3,372 5,065 3,449
44814 Family clothing stores.......................... (*) (*) (*) 8,510 7,079 11,947 8,016
4482 Shoe stores..................................... (*) (*) (*) 2,295 2,106 3,079 2,270
451 Sporting goods, hobby, book & music stores....... 89,734 2.9 12,705 8,290 6,690 12,600 7,631
452 General merchandise stores....................... 576,793 4.5 71,369 54,189 46,140 69,899 51,758
4521 Department stores (ex. L.D.).................... 209,181 -1.4 29,573 20,899 16,347 30,568 21,179
4521 Department stores (incl. L.D.)(4)............... (*) (*) (*) 21,430 16,762 31,383 21,761
4529 Other general merchandise stores................ (*) (*) (*) 33,290 29,793 39,331 30,579
45291 Warehouse clubs & supercenters................. (*) (*) (*) 29,236 26,264 33,937 26,638
45299 All other gen. merchandise stores.............. (*) (*) (*) 4,054 3,529 5,394 3,941
453 Miscellaneous store retailers.................... 123,450 3.3 12,752 10,442 10,472 12,572 10,182
454 Nonstore retailers............................... 296,166 9.5 32,716 27,961 25,726 29,293 24,966
4541 Electronic shopping & mail-order houses......... (*) (*) (*) 18,954 17,365 20,993 16,982
722 Food services & drinking places.................. 448,457 5.2 38,428 36,356 38,054 38,123 34,120
(*) 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/epcd/www/naics.html
(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--DECEMBER 2007 (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. Scott Scheleur (301) 763-2713.