October Historical Same Store Sales Changes - Overall Sales Comps 2000 - 2010

Each month the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) reports an overall year-over-year sales comp figure for the U.S. retail industry. The same store sales figures that factor into the BTMU overall same store sales figure are chosen not because they are the largest or have the most revenue, but rather because they are the U.S. retail chains which consistently report monthly same store sales figures.

The largest retailer in the U.S., Wal-Mart stores, stopped reporting monthly same store sales numbers in 2009. The departure of Wal-Mart from the monthly same store sales game removed a significant benchmark, and diminished the value of the BTMU report greatly. Without the significant Wal-Mart benchmark, the BTMU monthly overall same store sales figure is an interesting piece of information, but not particularly relevant or predictive for the U.S. retail industry as a whole. As of October 2010, the BTMU used the same store sales figures of 31 major U.S. retail chains to calculate its overall year-over-year October same store sales percentage.

Historically, October is a month of sales growth, with the notable exception of October, 2009, which during was a time of global economic crisis.

Find October historical same store sales figures reported by the BTMU for the U.S. retail industry for each year between 2000 and 2010 in this article. See also the complete list of U.S. retail chains tracked by the BTMU >>
Overall October Year-Over-Year Same Store Sales Figures of the U.S. Retail Industry, as Calculated and Reported by the BTMU:

2009 +0.1%

2008 -6.8&

2007 +5.8%

2006 +5.0%

2005 +4.6%

2004 +4.8%

2003 +1.0%

2002 +2.8%

2001 +0.2%

2000 +3.3%