Observations

Aug 2025: -2.9

Updated: Dec 2, 2025 9:00 AM CST

Units:

Percent Change from Preceding Period,

Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Retail Sales: Miscellaneous Store Retailers	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Source

U.S. Census Bureau	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Release

Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Units

Percent Change from Preceding Period	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Frequency

Monthly	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Notes

The most recent month's value of the advance estimate based on data from a subsample of firms from the larger Monthly Retail Trade Survey is available at https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MARTSMPCSM453USS Information about the Monthly Retail Trade Survey can be found on the Census website at https://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/about_the_surveys.html	2017-11-15	2025-11-25

Release Tables

Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services