Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Survey (MARTS)

Summary

The U.S. Census Bureau conducts the Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services Survey (MARTS) to produce early national estimates of total and month-to-month change in sales for retail and food service establishments located in the United States. A retail establishment is one that sells merchandise to the general public (final consumers). The estimates from MARTS are released approximately ten business days after the end of the reference month and are revised one month later by estimates from the Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey (MRTS). Estimates are summarized by industry classification based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

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