{"id":1004235282,"date":"2018-06-15T05:24:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004235282"},"modified":"2022-12-08T21:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:05:41","slug":"economy-watch-retail-sales-up-robustly-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-up-robustly-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Retail Sales Up Robustly in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By D.C. Stribling<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1004235285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-up-robustly-in-may\/economy-watch-06-15-2018\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"economy watch 06.15.2018\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg?w=800\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1004235285 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2018\/06\/economy-watch-06.15.2018.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-retail-sales-rise-0-3-in-april\/\">U.S. retail sales were up<\/a> 0.8 percent in May compared with April, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday, and up 5.9 percent compared with a year ago. Car sales gained 0.5 percent for the month, but did not especially drive overall sales, which were up 0.9 percent for the month without car sales factored in.<\/p>\n<p>Most retail categories gained ground for the month, though there were a few losers, such as furniture stores, down a sizable 2.4 percent just since April. Sporting goods, hobby, music and bookstores suffered a 1.1 percent sales decrease for the month, and grocery stores broke even. Oddly enough, the usually robust Internet sales barely gained for the month, up 0.1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with a year ago, every retail category was up except sporting goods, hobby, music and bookstores, which saw a 0.7 percent annual drop, according to the bureau. Even department stores, which haven&#8217;t had much luck in terms of sales in recent years, saw them expand by 2.1 percent since a year ago\u2014perhaps as a result of the ongoing winnowing of the weaker stores.<\/p>\n<p>Internet sales did best of all for the year, up 9.1 percent. Other strong retail sectors included general merchandise stores (Walmart, dollar stores, etc.), whose sales were up 5 percent for the year, and clothing stores, up 5.9 percent. Gas stations saw an increase of 17.7 percent in sales since last year, but that is because of a spike in the price of gas since 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. sales saw a slight increase in May, with most categories gaining ground. 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