U.S. Census Bureau

Estimates of Monthly Retail and Food Services Sales by Kind of Business. Note: Estimates are not adjusted for price changes. Retail and food services total and other subsector totals may include data for kinds of business not shown. Information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found on the internet at http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/how_surveys_are_collected.html.

 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. GAFO represents firms which specialize in department store types of merchandise and is comprised of furniture & home furnishings (442), electronics & appliances (443), clothing & accessories (448), sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, and book (451), general merchandise (452), office supply, stationery, and gift stores (4532). (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.)    Estimate does not meet publication standards because of high sampling variability (coefficient of variation is greater than 30%), poor response quality. (total quantity response rate is less than 50%), or other concerns about the estimate's quality

Monthly Retail Trade Report: U.S. Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios Estimates of End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kind of Business: 2015 Note: Estimates exclude food services.  Inventory estimates include data for auxiliary establishments; for example, warehouses servicing retail stores. Information on sample design, estimation procedures, and measures of sampling variability can be found on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/how_surveys_are_collected.html

E-commerce sales are sales of goods and services where an order is placed by the buyer or price and terms of sale are negotiated over an Internet, extranet, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) network, electronic mail, or other online system. Payment may or may not be made online. Estimates are based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and administrative records. Unless otherwise specified, all estimates are revised based on the 2016 Annual Retail Trade Survey. U.S. Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales

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2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS) – Company Summary: Employment Size of Firm Statistics for Employer Firms by Sector, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status for the U.S., States and Metro Areas   Survey/Program: Annual Economic Surveys   The Annual Business Survey uses the collection year in the survey name rather than a single reference year. Therefore, the 2018 ABS covers reference year 2017.

2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS) – Company Summary: Years in Business Statistics for Employer Firms by Sector, Sex, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status for the U.S., States and Metro Areas   Survey/Program: Annual Economic Surveys   The Annual Business Survey uses the collection year in the survey name rather than a single reference year. Therefore, the 2018 ABS covers reference year 2017.

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