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Retail trade, by industry

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Retail trade, by industry
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  unadjusted
  $ millions
Retail trade 389,459.5 412,565.3 427,895.9 415,413.4 438,401.2
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 92,012.3 96,165.8 94,171.7 88,456.4 95,444.9
New car dealers 74,723.3 77,488.5 74,454.0 69,724.6 76,416.7
Used car dealers 4,665.3 5,106.6 5,712.3 5,819.6 5,746.9
Other motor vehicle dealers 7,382.4 8,108.7 7,938.1 6,858.7 6,900.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 5,241.3 5,462.0 6,067.3 6,053.5 6,380.7
Furniture and home furnishings stores 14,754.9 15,798.9 15,827.4 14,470.2 15,028.6
Furniture stores 9,555.5 10,047.6 10,170.4 9,477.5 9,670.0
Home furnishings stores 5,199.4 5,751.3 5,657.0 4,992.8 5,358.6
Electronics and appliance stores 12,618.5 13,665.2 14,595.7 13,540.4 14,027.1
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 24,847.8 26,646.8 27,516.7 27,338.3 27,759.8
Food and beverage stores 88,743.4 92,633.0 97,302.3 101,011.4 103,406.5
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 63,739.6 65,792.9 69,148.5 72,092.1 73,643.6
Convenience stores 6,057.8 6,537.3 6,825.0 6,768.6 6,629.6
Specialty food stores 3,803.8 4,066.6 4,265.9 4,534.3 4,884.9
Beer, wine and liquor stores 15,142.3 16,236.2 17,062.9 17,616.3 18,248.4
Health and personal care stores 26,110.9 28,365.1 29,457.7 30,594.2 32,463.6
Gasoline stations 41,086.3 45,467.7 51,792.8 42,111.6 48,655.6
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 22,623.0 23,846.8 23,973.6 23,211.9 24,806.2
Clothing stores 17,491.2 18,510.9 18,638.0 18,050.2 19,315.5
Shoe stores 2,687.7 2,753.0 2,742.1 2,751.4 2,847.7
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 2,444.2 2,582.8 2,593.5 2,410.4 2,643.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 10,002.7 10,570.7 10,822.7 11,175.9 11,290.6
General merchandise stores 46,496.7 48,587.8 51,192.7 52,202.4 54,657.3
Department stores x x x x x
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Miscellaneous store retailers 10,163.0 10,817.5 11,242.5 11,300.7 10,861.0

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