Seasonally adjusted, except Y-T-D, and annual which is not seasonally
adjusted. Retail sales in millions of dollars. M-O-M denotes month-over-month.
Y-O-Y denotes year-over-year. Source: U.S. Commerce Department.
--Retail Sales-- --Retail Sales, Ex-Auto--
M-O-M Y-O-Y M-O-M Y-O-Y
Month Level % chg % chg Level % chg % chg
-2014 (Y-T-D)- 5,268,245 NA NA : 4,212,908 NA NA
Dec 14 442,931 -0.9 3.2 : 351,856 -1.0 1.9
Nov 14 447,121R 0.4 4.7 : 355,424R 0.1 3.8
Oct 14 445,276R 0.3 4.3 : 355,008R 0.2 3.3
Sep 14 443,822 -0.1 4.6 : 354,193 0.1 3.5
Aug 14 444,150 0.6 5.0 : 353,859 0.3 4.0
Jul 14 441,506 0.3 4.1 : 352,799 0.2 3.3
Jun 14 440,328 0.4 4.4 : 352,223 0.5 3.9
May 14 438,605 0.4 4.6 : 350,497 0.4 3.4
Apr 14 436,730 0.6 4.6 : 349,225 0.5 3.2
Mar 14 434,168 1.5 4.1 : 347,563 1.0 2.7
Feb 14 427,554 0.4 1.6 : 343,955 -0.7 0.4
Jan 14 426,054 -0.8 1.9 : 346,306 0.3 1.6
-2013 (Y-T-D)- 5,069,087 NA NA : 4,093,971 NA NA
Dec 13 429,329R 0.5 3.6 : 345,431R 0.9 2.3
Nov 13 427,081R 0.1 2.6 : 342,464R -0.3 -1.3
Oct 13 426,796 0.6 3.5 : 343,608 0.4 1.6
Sep 13 424,367 0.4 2.9 : 342,308 0.6 1.7
Aug 13 422,818 -0.3 3.8 : 340,367 -0.3 2.0
Jul 13 424,000 0.6 5.3 : 341,434 0.7 3.4
Jun 13 421,678 0.5 5.4 : 339,056 0.0 3.4
May 13 419,491 0.4 -0.9 : 338,963 0.2 -1.4
Apr 13 417,661 0.2 3.4 : 338,368 -0.1 2.1
Mar 13 416,983 -0.9 2.5 : 338,538 -1.2 1.4
Feb 13 420,952 0.7 4.6 : 342,674 0.6 3.9
Jan 13 417,931 0.8 4.4 : 340,760 0.9 3.9
-2012 (Y-T-D)- 4,903,019 NA NA : 4,018,438 NA NA
Dec 12 414,558 -0.4 4.4 : 337,718 -2.7 4.1
Nov 12 416,397 1.0 4.8 : 347,098 2.6 6.5
Oct 12 412,405 0.0 4.0 : 338,217 0.5 6.5
Sep 12 412,547 1.2 5.4 : 336,636 0.8 4.6
Aug 12 407,534 1.2 4.8 : 333,800 1.1 3.8
Jul 12 402,603 0.6 3.7 : 330,059 0.7 3.2
Jun 12 400,037 -5.5 3.4 : 327,814 -4.7 2.7
May 12 423,323 4.8 10.3 : 343,811 3.7 8.5
Apr 12 404,053 -0.7 5.3 : 331,516 -0.7 4.9
Mar 12 406,806 1.1 6.5 : 333,758 1.2 6.3
Feb 12 402,559 0.6 5.1 : 329,932 0.6 4.6
Jan 12 400,197 0.8 5.4 : 328,079 1.1 5.1
-2011 (Y-T-D)- 4,659,011 NA NA : 3,824,621 NA NA
Dec 11 397,051 -0.1 5.5 : 324,440 -0.4 4.6
Nov 11 397,370 0.2 6.3 : 325,780 2.6 5.6
Oct 11 396,633 1.3 7.0 : 317,494 -1.4 3.8
Sep 11 391,539 0.7 6.9 : 321,889 0.1 6.2
Aug 11 388,718 0.2 6.9 : 321,705 0.6 6.9
Jul 11 388,064 0.3 8.0 : 319,714 0.2 7.4
Jun 11 387,045 0.9 7.9 : 319,150 0.7 7.2
May 11 383,733 0.0 6.8 : 316,939 0.3 6.6
Apr 11 383,810 0.4 6.1 : 315,943 0.6 5.2
Mar 11 382,115 -0.3 6.2 : 313,991 -0.4 5.0
Feb 11 383,197 0.9 7.8 : 315,308 1.0 5.9
Jan 11 379,736 0.9 7.0 : 312,268 0.7 5.9
-2010 (Y-T-D)- 4,360,155 NA NA : 3,613,057 NA NA
Dec 10 376,208 0.6 6.5 : 310,161 0.5 5.6
Nov 10 373,952 0.9 6.2 : 308,550 0.9 17.5
Oct 10 370,676 1.2 6.6 : 305,822 0.9 5.8
Sep 10 366,417 0.8 6.8 : 302,974 0.7 4.9
Aug 10 363,666 1.2 3.6 : 300,875 1.1 4.5
Jul 10 359,446 0.2 4.6 : 297,640 0.0 -22.8
Jun 10 358,722 -0.2 4.5 : 297,630 0.1 4.0
May 10 359,262 -0.7 6.0 : 297,419 -1.0 4.9
Apr 10 361,735 0.5 7.4 : 300,450 0.5 6.5
Mar 10 359,877 1.2 7.0 : 298,914 0.4 6.2
Feb 10 355,458 0.2 3.8 : 297,802 1.0 4.2
Jan 10 354,736 0.4 4.2 : 294,820 0.4 4.1
-2009 (Y-T-D)- 4,129,188 NA NA : 3,509,895 NA NA
Dec 09 353,255 0.3 5.3 : 293,575 11.8 5.1
Nov 09 352,231 1.3 2.0 : 262,619 -9.2 -8.9
Oct 09 347,880 1.4 -1.9 : 289,147 0.1 -2.6
Sep 09 343,179 -2.3 -6.2 : 288,933 0.4 -4.9
Aug 09 351,128 2.2 -5.4 : 287,815 -25.4 -6.1
Jul 09 343,518 0.0 -8.2 : 385,590 34.8 24.0
Jun 09 343,411 1.4 -8.7 : 286,150 0.9 -7.6
May 09 338,785 0.6 -10.1 : 283,502 0.5 -7.8
Apr 09 336,671 0.1 -10.5 : 282,044 0.2 -7.8
Mar 09 336,207 -1.8 -10.3 : 281,535 -1.5 -7.0
Feb 09 342,487 0.6 -8.2 : 285,826 0.9 -4.9
Jan 09 340,436 1.5 -9.5 : 283,159 1.3 -6.3
-2008 (Y-T-D)- 4,399,659 NA NA : 3,614,352 NA NA
Dec 08 335,498 -2.8 -10.9 : 279,417 -3.1 -7.3
Nov 08 345,175 -2.7 -9.1 : 288,233 -2.9 -5.0
Oct 08 354,744 -3.0 -5.1 : 296,904 -2.3 0.3
Sep 08 365,855 -1.5 -1.7 : 303,757 -0.9 3.0
Aug 08 371,311 -0.7 0.8 : 306,500 -1.4 4.8
Jul 08 374,103 -0.5 1.7 : 310,890 0.4 5.9
Jun 08 376,055 -0.2 2.7 : 309,546 0.6 5.9
May 08 376,662 0.2 1.8 : 307,634 0.6 4.6
Apr 08 376,009 0.3 2.8 : 305,873 1.0 5.4
Mar 08 374,845 0.5 1.8 : 302,814 0.7 3.5
Feb 08 373,140 -0.8 2.4 : 300,569 -0.5 4.1
Jan 08 376,262 0.0 3.6 : 302,215 0.3 5.0
-2007 (Y-T-D)- 4,435,842 NA NA : 3,527,948 NA NA
Dec 07 376,420 -0.9 3.3 : 301,404 -0.7 4.7
Nov 07 379,767 1.6 5.6 : 303,511 2.5 7.0
Oct 07 373,893 0.5 4.5 : 296,050 0.4 4.8
Sep 07 372,006 1.0 4.2 : 295,002 0.8 4.3
Aug 07 368,282 0.2 2.6 : 292,538 -0.4 2.8
Jul 07 367,715 0.4 2.6 : 293,607 0.5 3.9
Jun 07 366,129 -1.1 3.0 : 292,260 -0.6 3.7
May 07 370,030 1.2 4.0 : 294,022 1.3 4.0
Apr 07 365,657 -0.7 2.2 : 290,321 -0.7 2.6
Mar 07 368,181 1.0 3.4 : 292,459 1.2 3.9
Feb 07 364,526 0.4 2.8 : 288,858 0.3 2.9
Jan 07 363,236 -0.3 1.5 : 287,916 0.1 2.5
-2006 (Y-T-D)- 4,294,467 NA NA : 3,394,584 NA NA
Dec 06 364,449 1.3 5.1 : 287,748 1.4 5.3
Nov 06 359,711 0.5 3.6 : 283,750 0.5 3.4
Oct 06 357,950 0.3 4.1 : 282,413 -0.1 2.5
Sep 06 357,033 -0.6 4.3 : 282,822 -0.7 3.9
Aug 06 359,012 0.2 5.1 : 284,690 0.8 6.0
Jul 06 358,401 0.8 3.5 : 282,528 0.2 6.8
Jun 06 355,588 -0.1 3.9 : 281,923 -0.2 6.7
May 06 355,820 -0.6 6.4 : 282,592 -0.1 8.0
Apr 06 357,914 0.5 6.0 : 283,006 0.6 7.5
Mar 06 356,074 0.4 7.1 : 281,427 0.2 8.5
Feb 06 354,630 -0.9 6.5 : 280,775 0.0 8.3
Jan 06 357,885 3.2 8.5 : 280,910 2.8 9.3
-2005 (ANNUAL)- 4,078,223 NA NA : 3,193,230 NA NA
Dec 05 346,817 -0.1 4.7 : 273,263 -0.4 6.8
Nov 05 347,215 0.9 5.9 : 274,352 -0.4 7.7
Oct 05 343,960 0.5 5.4 : 275,478 1.2 9.1
Sep 05 342,185 0.1 5.5 : 272,089 1.3 8.9
Aug 05 341,673 -1.4 7.2 : 268,490 1.5 8.5
Jul 05 346,446 1.3 8.8 : 264,554 0.1 7.0
Jun 05 342,087 2.3 8.6 : 264,338 1.0 7.3
May 05 334,529 -1.0 4.9 : 261,644 -0.6 6.2
Apr 05 337,766 1.5 7.7 : 263,296 1.5 7.9
Mar 05 332,620 -0.1 4.8 : 259,469 0.0 5.7
Feb 05 332,956 0.9 6.8 : 259,354 1.0 7.7
Jan 05 329,969 -0.3 6.6 : 256,903 0.4 7.0
-2004 (ANNUAL)- 3,901,739 NA 8.0 : 2,970,704 NA 7.1
Dec 04 331,123 1.0 7.8 : 255,837 0.4 7.8
Nov 04 327,876 0.5 6.2 : 254,691 0.9 7.4
Oct 04 326,252 0.6 7.0 : 252,524 1.1 7.4
Sep 04 324,197 1.7 6.0 : 249,811 0.9 6.3
Aug 04 318,629 0.0 3.5 : 247,566 0.1 5.4
Jul 04 318,489 1.1 5.1 : 247,287 0.4 6.5
Jun 04 315,086 -1.2 5.1 : 246,396 0.0 7.3
May 04 319,018 1.7 7.6 : 246,337 1.0 8.6
Apr 04 313,722 -1.2 6.0 : 243,943 -0.6 7.8
Mar 04 317,466 1.8 7.0 : 245,373 1.9 7.6
Feb 04 311,726 0.7 6.8 : 240,769 0.2 6.9
Jan 04 309,510 0.7 4.6 : 240,170 1.2 6.2
-2003 (ANNUAL)- 3,614,284 NA 4.2 : 2,773,306 NA 4.8
Dec 03 307,271 -0.5 4.5 : 237,232 0.1 5.8
Nov 03 308,676 1.3 5.7 : 237,078 0.8 5.9
Oct 03 304,777 -0.4 5.1 : 235,096 0.0 5.6
Sep 03 305,948 -0.6 5.9 : 235,003 0.1 6.4
Aug 03 307,721 1.5 4.9 : 234,810 1.2 6.3
Jul 03 303,112 1.1 4.1 : 232,139 1.1 5.1
Jun 03 299,837 1.1 4.2 : 229,575 1.2 4.2
May 03 296,488 0.2 3.9 : 226,809 0.2 3.0
Apr 03 295,828 -0.3 2.3 : 226,261 -0.7 2.4
Mar 03 296,727 1.6 4.1 : 227,964 1.2 4.5
Feb 03 291,924 -1.4 2.0 : 225,270 -0.4 3.5
Jan 03 295,975 0.7 4.1 : 226,069 0.8 4.3
-2002 (ANNUAL)- 3,467,171 NA 2.4 : 2,647,380 NA 3.1
Dec 02 293,966 0.7 3.4 : 224,169 0.1 3.8
Nov 02 292,026 0.7 1.7 : 223,968 0.6 4.3
Oct 02 290,024 0.4 -1.7 : 222,573 0.8 3.7
Sep 02 288,844 -1.5 4.4 : 220,816 0.0 3.9
Aug 02 293,252 0.7 4.0 : 220,815 0.0 2.5
Jul 02 291,115 1.2 3.8 : 220,923 0.2 3.1
Jun 02 287,796 0.8 2.4 : 220,421 0.1 2.9
May 02 285,428 -1.3 1.1 : 220,219 -0.3 2.2
Apr 02 289,263 1.5 2.9 : 220,860 1.2 3.2
Mar 02 284,983 -0.4 2.8 : 218,189 0.2 3.3
Feb 02 286,091 0.6 2.4 : 217,698 0.4 2.3
Jan 02 284,383 0.0 1.8 : 216,729 0.4 1.6
-2001 (ANNUAL)- 3,386,036 NA 2.9 : 2,568,651 NA 3.0
Dec 01 284,413 -1.0 2.9 : 215,865 0.5 1.6
Nov 01 287,275 -2.7 4.0 : 214,818 0.1 1.6
Oct 01 295,097 6.6 6.3 : 214,534 0.9 1.6
Sep 01 276,760 -1.8 -0.5 : 212,614 -1.3 0.8
Aug 01 281,946 0.6 3.1 : 215,445 0.5 3.5
Jul 01 280,394 -0.2 2.6 : 214,352 0.1 3.2
Jun 01 281,036 -0.5 2.7 : 214,226 -0.6 3.4
May 01 282,330 0.5 3.8 : 215,460 0.7 4.5
Apr 01 281,050 1.4 3.4 : 213,946 1.3 4.1
Mar 01 277,108 -0.8 0.5 : 211,186 -0.8 1.9
Feb 01 279,275 0.0 2.3 : 212,880 -0.2 4.4
Jan 01 279,352 1.1 3.8 : 213,325 0.4 6.1
-2000 (ANNUAL)- 3,290,026 NA 6.4 : 2,493,053 NA 7.2
Dec 00 276,349 0.1 2.3 : 212,414 0.5 4.0
Nov 00 276,170 -0.5 4.1 : 211,393 0.1 6.1
Oct 00 277,583 -0.2 5.7 : 211,240 0.2 6.9
Sep 00 278,076 1.7 6.1 : 210,906 1.3 7.2
Aug 00 273,365 0.0 4.8 : 208,167 0.2 6.8
Jul 00 273,376 -0.1 6.0 : 207,779 0.3 7.5
Jun 00 273,556 0.6 7.0 : 207,206 0.5 7.7
May 00 271,906 0.0 6.4 : 206,194 0.3 7.4
Apr 00 271,861 -1.4 7.6 : 205,597 -0.8 7.9
Mar 00 275,809 1.1 9.8 : 207,330 1.7 9.4
Feb 00 272,890 1.4 9.1 : 203,819 1.4 8.0
Jan 00 269,085 -0.4 8.7 : 201,008 -1.6 7.6
Write to Rodney Christian at csstat@dowjones.com