Retail sales reached $72.5 billion in October, an increase of 2.1% compared with the same month one year earlier. Higher sales were recorded in 13 of the 18 commodity classes.
In October, the largest monthly increase in dollar terms came from sales of food and beverages, which rose 4.3% compared with the same month in 2024. Sales of fresh meat and poultry (+12.1%) led the gains in this commodity class in October 2025, followed by sales of packaged food dry goods (+7.6%) and cookies, confectionery, and snack foods (+6.9%).
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