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June Bookstore Sales Virtually Same as Year Ago
Printer-friendly versionBookstore sales for June showed no improvement over last year, and actually slipped a fraction of a percentage point by comparison with June 2001. Preliminary June bookstore sales figures of $1,200 million were down 0.1 percent from the $1,201 million of the previous June.
June is the fifth month in a row in which bookstore sales failed to keep pace with overall retail.
Overall retail sales of $302 billion for June 2002 came in 1.3 percent over the $298 billion realized in June of 2001.
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Period
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2001 Final (Millions of Dollars)
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2002 (Millions of Dollars)
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% Increase 2002 Over 2001
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| January |
1,698
|
2,188
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28.9
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| February |
1,163
|
1,117
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(4.0)
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| March |
1,165
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1,126
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(3.3)
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| April |
1,034
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1,043
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0.9
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| May |
1,188
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1,229
|
3.5
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| June |
1,201
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1,200(p)
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(0.1)
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| YTD |
7,449
|
7,903
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6.1
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(p) Preliminary figure
Note: Estimates reflect sales of all types of participating bookstore, including trade, college, religious, chain stores (including superstores), and others. A bookstore is defined as any retail establishment with sales comprised of more than 50 percent new books and periodicals, and estimates include sales of all products in these stores.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Current Retail Trade Branch.