Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted
| February 2014 |
January 2015r |
February 2015p |
January to February 2015 | February 2014 to February 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| millions of dollars | millions of dollars | millions of dollars | % change | % change | |
| Total retail trade (current dollars) | 41,196 | 41,519 | 42,245 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| Total retail trade (2007 chained dollars) | 39,696 | 40,533 | 41,046 | 1.3 | 3.4 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers | 31,676 | 31,488 | 32,120 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Total (current dollars) excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations | 26,198 | 27,033 | 27,570 | 2.0 | 5.2 |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 9,520 | 10,031 | 10,124 | 0.9 | 6.3 |
| New car dealers | 7,738 | 8,175 | 8,211 | 0.4 | 6.1 |
| Used car dealers | 534 | 568 | 574 | 1.1 | 7.5 |
| Other motor vehicle dealers | 602 | 631 | 655 | 3.8 | 8.8 |
| Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores | 646 | 657 | 684 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 1,279 | 1,304 | 1,326 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Furniture stores | 806 | 822 | 818 | -0.4 | 1.6 |
| Home furnishings stores | 473 | 482 | 508 | 5.4 | 7.2 |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 1,207 | 1,261 | 1,285 | 1.9 | 6.5 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2,275 | 2,430 | 2,432 | 0.1 | 6.9 |
| Food and beverage stores | 9,056 | 9,402 | 9,462 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores | 6,349 | 6,635 | 6,642 | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| Convenience stores | 553 | 593 | 590 | -0.5 | 6.7 |
| Specialty food stores | 490 | 486 | 506 | 4.1 | 3.3 |
| Beer, wine and liquor stores | 1,663 | 1,688 | 1,723 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| Health and personal care stores | 3,022 | 3,068 | 3,089 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| Gasoline stations | 5,478 | 4,454 | 4,551 | 2.2 | -16.9 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 2,281 | 2,363 | 2,384 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| Clothing stores | 1,786 | 1,855 | 1,870 | 0.8 | 4.7 |
| Shoe stores | 253 | 255 | 259 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores | 242 | 253 | 255 | 0.7 | 5.0 |
| Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores | 919 | 891 | 966 | 8.4 | 5.1 |
| General merchandise stores | 5,193 | 5,369 | 5,670 | 5.6 | 9.2 |
| Department stores | 2,236 | 2,320 | 2,364 | 1.9 | 5.7 |
| Other general merchandise stores | 2,957 | 3,049 | 3,306 | 8.4 | 11.8 |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 967 | 946 | 956 | 1.1 | -1.1 |
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