US Data: Retail Sales - Unadjusted Levels>

Release for:  September 2017

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce

Levels in millions of U.S. dollars, unadjusted

                                                                yr-ago   yr-ago

                                      Sep-17   Aug-17   Jul-17   Sep-16   Aug-16

Retail trade & food services          468192   491572   476896   449948   473169

 Total (ex.motor vehicle)             369517   386490   374527   355177   369961

   Retail Trade                       411945   434468   419668   395496   417702

GAFO                                    #N/A   108665   102546    97783   106629

Motor vehicle & parts dealers          98675   105082   102369    94771   103208

 Auto & other motor veh. dealers       91191    97137    94785    87280    95198

  New car dealers                       #N/A    80497    77889    73377    79744

  Auto parts, tires                     #N/A     7945     7584     7491     8010

Furniture, home furnishings             9617    10102     9434     9483     9513

 Furniture stores                       #N/A     5110     4953     5107     4958

 Home furnishings stores                #N/A     4992     4481     4376     4555

Electronics & appliance stores          7300     7743     7434     7708     8122

 Appl., T.V., &  other elect. store     #N/A     5826     5576     5909     6302

 Computer & software stores             #N/A     #N/A     #N/A     #N/A     #N/A

Building material, garden eq.          31290    33012    32643    29046    30078

 Building mat. & supplies dealers       #N/A    29185    28493    25967    26967

Food & beverage stores                 59306    60524    60664    57354    58607

 Grocery stores                        53078    53996    54027    51268    52414

 Beer, wine & liquor stores             #N/A     4578     4726     4371     4421

Health & personal care stores          26977    28130    26678    27141    27922

 Pharmacies & drug stores               #N/A    22983    21986    22222    22994

Gasoline stations                      40202    39923    38441    36316    37157

Clothing & accessories stores          19935    22641    20645    19649    22248

 Men's clothing stores                  #N/A      708      677      698      680

 Women's clothing stores                #N/A     3178     3063     3134     3343

 Family clothing stores                 #N/A     8845     8457     7808     8545

 Shoe stores                            #N/A     3873     2916     2733     3834

Sport goods, hobby, book, music         6645     7686     6574     6931     8009

General merchandise stores             53824    57685    56092    51432    55753

 Department stores (ex. L.D.)          11262    12548    11628    11299    12551

 Department stores (incl. L.D.)         #N/A    12828    11900    11401    12941

 Other general merchandise stores       #N/A    45137    44464    40133    43202

  Warehouse clubs & superstores         #N/A    38977    38400    34555    37533

  All other gen. merch. stores          #N/A     6160     6064     5578     5669

Miscellaneous store retailers          10641    11410    10870    10755    10938

Nonstore retailers                     47533    50530    47824    44910    46147

 Electronic shopping, mail-order        #N/A    44709    42584    39148    40556

Food services & drinking places        56247    57104    57228    54452    55467

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Calculated by Market News:

Total excl motor vehicle, gasoline    329315   346567   336086   318861   332804

Total excl gasoline                   427990   451649   438455   413632   436012

Total excl auto and other dealers     377001   394435   382111   362668   377971

Total ex autos and bldg. materials    345711   361423   349468   333622   347893

Total ex autos,bldg. materials,gas    305509   321500   311027   297306   310736

Total ex mv, bldg. materials, gas     298025   313555   303443   289815   302726

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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