Retail sales jump 3.6% in March as consumers anticipate tariffs

Retail sales estimates for key sectors

Click on a sector to see its sales over the last 12 months.

Non-store
Clothing & accessories
Electronics & appliances
Furniture & home
General merchandise
Sporting goods, hobby, bookstores

Retail Dive calculates “total retail sales” of core segments, as well as what the Commerce Department calls “Nonstore retailers.” That includes e-commerce, mail order and
infomercials, but also revenue from subsectors not generally considered traditional retail, including vending machines, home delivery (including newspapers and home heating oil), door-to-door solicitation, in-home
demonstrations and portable stalls like non-food street vendors. Year-over-year comparisons use the most recent revisions to estimates; year-to-date numbers use only advanced numbers.

Data from U.S. Census Bureau, Advanced Monthly Retail Trade Survey