Industry Research

Several of the Federal Reserve Banks conduct periodic surveys of the retail sector in their region:

• Fifth District Survey of Services and Retail Activity (Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond)
• South Jersey Business Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
• Texas Retail Outlook Survey (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

Other resources include:​

• Restaurant Performance Index (National Restaurant Association)
• Retail Insight Center (National Retail Federation - registration recommended)
• Retailing & Wholesaling (US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service)
• Retail trends from IRI 

For more industry statistics, refer to the list of resources at Price Indexes & Consumption Patterns on the Economics Indicators guide.