Total retail trade sales in May 2022 decreased -0.4% from the previous month
The monthly advance estimate of U.S. total retail trade sales for May 2022 was $587,893 million, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes.
This was -0.4 % decrease from the previous month, and 6.9 % increase from the same month last year.
Nonstore retailers sales in May 2022 decreased -1.0% from the previous month
The monthly advance estimate of U.S. nonstore retailers sales for May 2022 was $102,865 million, a subset of total retail trade sales used as a preliminary measure of ecommerce sales.
This was -1.0 % decrease from the previous month, and 7.0 % increase from the same month last year.
Nonstore retailers sales in May 2022 accounted for 17.5 % of total retail trade sales.
Electronic shopping sales in April 2022 decreased -0.8% from the previous month
The monthly estimate of U.S. electronic shopping and mail-order houses sales for April 2022 was $93,570 million, a subset of nonstore retailers sales used as a preliminary measure of ecommerce sales.
This was -0.8 % decrease from the previous month, and 8.6 % increase from the same month last year.
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses sales in April 2022 accounted for 15.9 % of total retail trade sales, and 90.1 % of nonstore retailers sales.