06/13/2012 - 8:30pm
May 2012 retail and food services sales were $404.6 billion, down 0.2 percent from the previous month but up 5.3 percent from one year earlier. Excluding autos, retail and food services sales in May were $331.0 billion, down 0.4 percent from April but up 4.3 percent from May 2011.