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issue: December 2009 APPLIANCE Magazine
Statistics
U.S. Retail Sales: Appliance Store Sales Flat |
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U.S. general merchandise stores saw a slight increase and electronics and appliance store sales were unchanged from August. |
Total retail sales in the U.S. in September 2009, including motor vehicles, were $344.7 billion, a decrease of 1.5%, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Adjusted,
Estimated Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services, by Kind of
Business
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.
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Kind
of Business |
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Aug 2009
(preliminary estimate)
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July 2009
(revised estimate)
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Sep 2008
(revised estimate)
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Aug 2008
(revised estimate)
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Retail
& food services, Total |
344,688
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349,885
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342,489
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365,399
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371,311
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Total
excluding motor vehicles & parts |
288,452
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287,120
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284,270
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303,389
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306,500
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Retail |
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311,611
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304,450 |
327,273 |
333,356 |
| definition
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GAFO - Comprised of:
furniture & home furnishings; electronics & appliances;
clothing & accessories; sporting goods, hobby, book, and music;
general merchandise; and office supply, stationery, and gift stores. |
not avail.
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93,458
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92,532
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95,095
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97,192
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| definition
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Electronics
& appliance stores |
8,283
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8,283
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8,240
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9,176
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9,323
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| definition
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Appliance,
TV & camera stores |
not avail.
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6,516
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6,460
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7,320
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7,421
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| definition
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Computer
& software stores |
not avail.
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1,767
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1,780
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1,856
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1,902
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| definition
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Building
material & garden equipment & supplies dealers |
23,342
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23,399
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23,679
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26,845
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27,113
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| definition
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Building
materials & supplies dealers |
not avail.
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19,514
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19,687
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22,565
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22,827
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| definition
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General
merchandise stores |
50,013
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49,573
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48,966
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49,453
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50,076
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| definition
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Department
stores, excluding leased departments (LD) |
15,656
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15,592
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15,419
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16,262
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16,571
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| definition
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Department
stores, including LD |
not avail.
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not avail.
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not avail.
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not avail.
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not avail.
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| definition
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Other
general merchandise stores |
not avail.
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33,981
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33,547
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33,191
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33,505
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| definition
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Warehouse
clubs & supercenters |
not avail.
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30,054
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29,686
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29,432
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29,741
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| definition
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All other
general merchandise stores |
not avail.
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3,927
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3,861
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3,759
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3,764
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| definition
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Nonstore
retailers |
24,152
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24,173
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24,150
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24,723
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24,935
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| definition
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Electronic
shopping and mail-order houses |
not avail.
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17,518
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17,336
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16,905
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16,930
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Adjusted
estimates:
"Estimates are concurrently
adjusted for seasonal variation
and for holiday and trading day differences, but not for price
changes." (see
http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/mrts.html
)
Advance
estimates:
"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."
Source:
U.S.
Dept.
of Commerce
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