There were $457.7 billion in retail and food service sales in July, virtually unchanged from the previous month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts – fell 0.3 percent after rising 0.9 percent in June. Year-over-year core sales increased 2.2 percent. Retail trade sales were virtually unchanged in

There were $457.0 billion in retail and food services sales in June, up 0.6 percent from the previous month and 2.7 percent from June 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts – increased 0.7 percent after rising 0.4 percent in the previous month. Year-over-year core sales increased

There were $455.6 billion of retail and food service sales in May (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), up 0.5 percent from the previous month and 2.5 percent from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts

There were $453.4 billion of retail and food service sales in April (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), up 1.3 percent from the previous month and 3.0 percent from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts

There were $446.9 billion of retail and food service sales in March (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), down 0.3 percent from February, but up 1.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts –

There were $447.3 billion of retail and food service sales in February (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), down 0.1 percent from January, but up 3.1 percent from a year ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts –

There were $449.9 billion of retail and food service sales in January (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), up 0.2 percent from December, and 3.4 percent above January 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles and parts – increased 0.1

There were $448.1 billion of retail and food service sales in December (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), a monthly decrease of 0.1 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Retail sales alone increased 2.2 percent from December 2014 however. Core retail sales – excluding automobiles

There were $448.1 billion of retail and food service sales in November (after adjustment for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes), a monthly increase of 0.2 percent according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Retail sales increased 1.4 percent from November 2014. Core retail sales – excluding automobile and parts