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To: ms.smartest.person who wrote (1844)	10/11/2002 1:05:35 PM
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September Retail Sales Down 1.2% Census ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL TRADE AND FOOD SERVICES SEPTEMBER 2002 The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September, adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $302.5 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent (±1.0%) from the previous month, but up 5.8 percent (±1.1%) from September 2001. Total sales for the July through September 2002 period were up 5.3 percent (±0.4%) from the same period a year ago. The July to August 2002 percent change was revised from 0.8 percent (±1.0%) to 0.6 percent (±0.3%). Retail trade sales were down 1.2 percent (±1.1%) from August, but were 5.7 percent (±1.1%) above last year. Building materials and garden equipment and supplies dealers were up 11.3 percent (±3.0%) from last year and sales of health and personal care stores were up 11.1 percent (±2.1%) from September 2001. The advance estimates are based on a subsample of the Bureau's full retail and food services sample. A stratified random sampling method is used to select approximately 5,000 retail and food services firms whose sales are then weighted and benchmarked to represent the complete universe of over three million retail and food services firms. Responding firms account for approximately 65% of the MARTS dollar volume estimate. For an explanation of the measures of sampling variability included in this report, please see the Reliability of Estimates section at the end of this page. Percent Change in Retail and Food Services Sales (Data adjusted for seasonal, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes) The Advance Monthly Retail Sales Report for October is scheduled to be released November 14, 2002 at 8:30 a.m. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Address inquiries concerning this report to Scott Scheleur, Service Sector Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233. Telephone: (301) 763-2713. This report is available the day of issue through the Department of Commerce's online Economic Bulletin Board. For information call (202) 482-1986. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 1A. ESTIMATED ADVANCE MONTHLY SALES FOR RETAIL AND FOOD SERVICES, BY KIND OF BUSINESS--September 2002 Data adjusted for seasonal variations, holiday, and trading-day differences, but not for price changes. (Millions of dollars) click on link for full details census.gov