Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for April 2018, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $497.6 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent from the previous month, and 4.7 percent above April 2017. Total sales for the February 2018 through April 2018 period were up 4.6 percent from the same period a year ago. The February 2018 to March 2018 percent change was revised from up 0.6 percent to up 0.8 percent.

Retail trade sales were up 0.4 percent from March 2018, and 4.8 percent above last year. Gasoline Stations were up 11.7 percent from April 2017, while Nonstore Retailers were up 9.6 percent (±1.4 percent) from last year