August Retail Sales Revised Lower After July Gain
Census cut the August 2026 advance retail and food services sales print by $36.18 billion from the prior estimate.
**Coverage:** Advance Retail and Food Services Sales, August 2026.
Census cut the August 2026 advance retail and food services sales estimate by $36,184.00 million from the previous estimate of $773,947.00 million, leaving the seasonally adjusted nominal total at $737,763.00 million.
The revised August level still sat $8,225.00 million, or 1.1%, above July 2026. No matching year-ago observation is available for the August 2026 print.