Insight Report 3 minutes PremiumMay 2017 US Retail Sales and Traffic Coresight Research June 15, 2017 Executive SummaryCoresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports. Our US Monthly Retail Sales and Traffic Report reviews year-over-year changes in selected store-based metrics, including sales, traffic and conversion rates. Highlights from our May Retail Traffic report: Total US retail sales for May declined by 0.3% month over month and amounted to $473.8 billion. Results came in lower than the consensus estimate of a 0.1% decline. On a year-over-year basis in May, total retail sales increased by 3.8% and retail sales excluding autos also increased by 3.8%. Five out of 13 major store categories posted positive sales results, while two were flat compared with April. Nonstore retailers and furniture stores posted the largest month-over-month increases, of 0.8% and 0.4%, respectively. According to RetaliNext, a number of in-store metrics were negative in May, but showed a slight improvement from previous months. Sales were down 5.5% year over year, the smallest decline in the last six months.In-store traffic fell by (6.1)% in May year over year, but the decline was lower than that seen in most recent months. This report is for paying subscribers only. Already a paying subscriber? Please log in to see the entire report.If you wish to learn more about our subscription plans and become a paying subscriber, click here. This document was generated for Other research you may be interested in: Weekly US and UK Store Openings and Closures Tracker 2023, Week 36: Wilko Drives UK Store Closures Past 1,000Luxury Retailing: Home and Away—Three Learnings for Growth Across Global MarketsUS Drugstores and Pharmacies: Real Estate Insights—Closures Lead to 8 Million Square Feet of Shuttered Retail Space in 2024Consumers Pursue Conflicting Anti-Inflation Strategies: US Consumer Tracker 2023, Week 23