News published on Business Daily in October 2019

News from October 2019


Paint and wallpaper stores in June 2019 saw sales decrease 1.5 percent from the previous month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Arizona collected $3.5 billion in total tax revenues for property, sales and gross receipts, licenses, income taxes and miscellaneous other taxes during the 1st quarter of 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

The estimated sales for online retailers during June 2019 was $59 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Sales by petroleum and petroleum products wholesalers in June were $58.1 billion, a decrease of 2.3 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Of the $16.3 billion in taxes collected by Arizona in 2018, $186.3 million came from miscellaneous selective sales and gross receipts taxes, a 7.9 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Indiana collected $4.2 billion in total tax revenues for property, sales and gross receipts, licenses, income taxes and miscellaneous other taxes during the 1st quarter of 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

Sales by grocery and related products wholesalers in June 2019 were $55.5 billion.

Building material and supplies dealers in June 2019 saw sales decrease 9 percent from the previous month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

The estimated sales for used merchandise stores for June 2019 was $1.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Electronics stores in June 2019 saw sales decrease 0.6 percent from the previous month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Unfilled orders for durable goods excluding transportation decreased $859 million, or 0.2 percent, to $367.98 billion in April, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report before released in August.

Sales by chemicals and allied products wholesalers in June were $11.4 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Of the $19.4 billion in taxes collected by Indiana in 2018, $418.8 million came from tobacco products sales tax, a 3.6 percent decrease from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Unfilled orders for durable goods excluding transportation decreased $859 million, or 0.2 percent, to $367.98 billion in April, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report before released in August.

Of the $16.3 billion in taxes collected by Arizona in 2018, $312.8 million came from tobacco products sales tax, a 0.7 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

The estimated sales for gift, novelty and souvenir stores for June 2019 was $1.6 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Sales by chemicals and allied products wholesalers in June were $11.4 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent from the revised May 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Inventories held by miscellaneous durable goods wholesalers in July were valued at $31.2 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent from the revised June 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Electronics stores in June 2019 saw sales decrease 0.6 percent from the previous month, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Advance Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services Survey.

Sales by apparel, piece goods and notions wholesalers in June 2019 were $13 billion.