June Bookstore Sales Virtually Same as Year Ago
Bookstore 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.
2001-2002 RETAIL SALES for BOOKSTORES (unadjusted)
| Period | 2001 Final (Millions of Dollars) | 2002 (Millions of Dollars) | % Increase 2002 Over 2001 |
| January | 1,698 | 2,188 | 28.9 |
| February | 1,163 | 1,117 | (4.0) |
| March | 1,165 | 1,126 | (3.3) |
| April | 1,034 | 1,043 | 0.9 |
| May | 1,188 | 1,229 | 3.5 |
| June | 1,201 | 1,200(p) | (0.1) |
| YTD | 7,449 | 7,903 | 6.1 |
(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.
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