August Retail Sales l Restaurant Performance l Consumer Spend

Advance estimates of US retail and food services sales for August, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $389.5 billion, virtually unchanged (+ 0.1%) from the previous month and 7.2% above August 2010, according to [pdf] the US Census Bureau. Gasoline stations sales were up 20.8% from August 2010 and non-store retailer sales were up 10.4% from last year.
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