March 2012 Retail Sales increased 0.8%. Minus autos & parts, retail sales also increased 0.8%. February retail sales were revised down from 1.1% to 1.0%. Retail sales are up 6.5% from the same time last year. Retail sales are reported by dollars, not by volume, so dropping prices often reports as a decline in sales.
January 2012 Retail Sales increased 0.4%. Minus autos & parts, retail sales increased 0.7%. December retail sales were revised down from 0.1% to 0%, or no change from the previous month. Retail sales are up 5.8% from the same time last year. Retail sales are reported by dollars, not by volume, so dropping prices often reports as a decline in sales.
December 2011 Retail Sales increased 0.1%. Minus autos & parts retail sales dropped -0.2%. November retail sales were revised up to 0.4% from 0.2%. Retail sales are up 6.5% from the same time last year. Electronics and Appliance stores plunged -3.9% during December, the holiday season. Gas sales dropped -1.6%. Retail sales are reported by dollars, not by volume, so dropping prices often reports as a decline in sales.
November 2011 Retail Sales increased 0.2%. October retail sales were revised up a 10th of a percentage point to 0.6%. Retail sales are up 6.7% from the same time last year. Electronics and Appliance stores shot up another 2.1% in a month, and were 20% of the total increase in retail sales. Autos still rule the retail world and sales by dealers was over half the increase by dollars of retail sales for November, a 0.7% increase from October.
October 2011 Retail Sales increased 0.5%. September retail sales were 1.1%. Retail sales are up 7.2% from the same time last year. Electronics and Appliance stores shot up 3.7% in a month, the highest monthly jump since November 2009. The pop up in electronics & appliances retail sales accounts for all of the gains in this category from last year, 3.5%.
September 2011 Retail Sales increased 1.1%. August retail sales were revised up, from 0.0% to 0.3%. Retail sales are up 7.9% from the same time last year. Motor vehicle sales were up 4.0% in September and are up 8.8% from September 2010. This is better sign for Q3 GDP in terms of consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of economic growth. Retail sales are not adjusted for price increases, not reported in real dollars.
August 2011 Retail Sales flat lined, or no change from July. Retail sales are up 7.2% from the same time last year. July retail sales percentage change was revised downward, from +0.5% to +0.3%. Motor vehicle sales were -0.3% in August and are up 6.9% from August 2010. Considering the consumer was D.O.A.
Retail Sales increased +0.5% for July 2011 and are up 8.5% from the same time last year. June retail sales percentage change was revised from +0.1% to +0.3%. Autos sales were +0.5% in July and are up 8.3% from July 2010. Considering the consumer was D.O.A.
Retail Sales increased +0.1% for June 2011 and are up 8.1% from the same time last year. April retail sales percentage change was -0.1%, revised. Autos increased 0.7% in June and are up 9.3% from June 2010.
Retail Sales decreased -0.2% for May 2011 and are up 7.7% from the same time last year. April retail sales percentage change was +0.3%, revised downward. Autos dropped -3.2% in a month.
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