Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for November 2017, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $492.7 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent from the previous month, and 5.8 percent above November 2016. Total sales for the September 2017 through November 2017 period were up 5.2 percent from the same period a year ago. The September 2017 to October 2017 percent change was revised from up 0.2 percent to up 0.5 percent . Retail trade sales were up 0.8 percent from October 2017, and were up 6.3 percent from last year. Gasoline Stations were up 12.2 percent from November 2016, while Building Materials and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers were up 10.7 percent from last year.