<H3>• U.S. Advance Monthly Sales for Retail And Food Services — May 2015</H3>

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Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $444.9 billion, an increase of 1.2 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, and 2.7 percent (±0.9%) above May 2014. Total sales for the March 2015 through May 2015 period were up 2.1 percent (±0.7%) from the same period a year ago. The March 2015 to April 2015 percent change was revised from virtually unchanged (±0.5%)* to +0.2 percent (±0.2%). Retail trade sales were up 1.4 percent (±0.5%) from April 2015, and 2.0 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Motor vehicle and parts dealers were up 8.2 percent (±3.0%) from May 2014 and food services and drinking places were up 8.2 percent (±3.3%) from last year. Please visit this link to read the full report: USDOC-Census NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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