Department Of Commerce

January retail sales begin 2024 with mixed readings

Thursday, February 15, 2024 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that January retail sales, at $700.3 billion, were off 0.8% compared to December and up 0.6% compared to January 2023. NRF reported that January’s core retail sales, which it bases on Census data and excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and…

October retail sales make gains ahead of holiday shopping

Wednesday, November 16, 2022 · Jeff Berman
The United States Department of Commerce’s U.S. Census Bureau reported that October retail sales—at $694.5 billion—rising 1.3% compared to September and were up 8.3% annually. And for the August through October period, retail sales increased a collective 8.9% annually.…

NRF and Commerce data highlights retail sales growth in August

Thursday, September 15, 2022 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that August retail sales—at $683.3 billion—rose 0.3% compared to July. NRF said that in its calculation of retail sales, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, to focus on core retail, pointed to August retail sales…

Retail sales post solid April gains

Tuesday, May 17, 2022 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that April retail sales—at $677.7 billion—saw a 0.9% increase over March and an 8.2% annual gain. NRF said that in its calculation of retail sales, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, to focus on core retail, pointed to…

Retail sales end 2021 on solid footing, reports Commerce and NRF

Friday, January 14, 2022 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that December retail sales—at $626.8 billion—were off 1.9% compared to November, while seeing a 16.9% annual increase. And it noted that total retail sales, for all of 2021, saw a 19.3% annual gain, and retail sales, from October through December, rose…

July retail sales are mixed, reports Commerce and NRF

Tuesday, August 17, 2021 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that July retail sales—at $617.7 billion—were off 1.1% compared to June’s revised $624.7 billion and topped July 2020 by 15.8%. And it added that total retail sales from May through July saw a 20.6% annual increase.

October retail sales remain on solid track, according to Commerce and NRF data

Tuesday, November 17, 2020 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that total October retail sales—at $553.3 billion—were up 0.3% over September and were up 5.7% annually. And NRF’s retail sales data, which excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, pointed to October retail sales being up 0.2% on…

Commerce and NRF report retail sales see solid increases in September

Friday, October 16, 2020 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that retail trade sales saw a 1.9% gain, from August to September, and rose 8.2% annually. And NRF pointed to September retail sales, which were paced by apparel, continuing a V-shaped recovery from the pandemic, with sales growing for the fourth consecutive…

Department of Commerce and NRF report August retail sales gains

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that total August retail sales—at $537.5 billion—eked out a 0.6% increase over July and were up 2.6% annually. And it added that total retail sales, from June through August rose 2.4% compared to the same period in 2019. The NRF reported that August…

March retail sales see major decline, due to COVID-19, reports Commerce

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 · Jeff Berman
Commerce reported that March retail sales—at $483.1 billion—were down 8.7% compared to February, which represents the single largest annual monthly retail sales decline going back to when this data was first tracked by Commerce in 1992.

January retail sales see gains to start 2020, reports NRF and Commerce

Friday, February 14, 2020 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that January retail sales—at $529.8 billion—were 0.2% ahead of December's revised $528.4 billion and were up 0.3% annually. NRF reported that January retail sales rose 0.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis over December and were up 2.7% unadjusted on…

NRF and Commerce data points to September retail sales gains

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that September retail sales, at $525.6 billion, were off 0.3% compared to August will rising 4.1% compared to September 2018. NRF reported that September retail sales were off 0.1%, from August to September, on a seasonally adjusted basis and up 4.5% on an…

Retail sales are up in June, says Commerce and NRF

Thursday, August 15, 2019 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported the July retail sales­­, at $523.5 billion, were up 0.7% over June and up 3.4% annually, and the NRF reported that July retail sales increased 0.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis and 5.6% on an unadjusted annual basis.

Retail sales see June gains, reports Commerce and NRF

Tuesday, July 16, 2019 · SCMR Staff
Commerce reported that June retail sales, at $519.9 billion, were up 0.4% compared to May and up 3.4% compared to June 2018. NRF reported that June retail sales were up 0.6% in June on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to May, and up 2.3% annually on an unadjusted basis.

NRF and Commerce data show gains for May retail sales

Friday, June 14, 2019 · LM Staff
Commerce reported that May retail sales, at $519.0 billion, were up 0.5% compared to April and up 3.2% annually. NRF reported that May retail sales were up 0.5% in May on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to April, and up 3.2% annually on an unadjusted basis.
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