FX.co ★ US Retail Sales Top Forecasts

Retail sales in the United States experienced a notable uptick of 0.6% in June 2025, breaking a two-month streak of declines and outperforming the market's anticipated 0.1% rise. The most significant growth occurred in miscellaneous store retailers with a 1.8% increase, followed by motor vehicles and parts at 1.2%, and both building materials/garden equipment and clothing each recording a 0.9% increase. Additional gains were evident across food services and drinking places (+0.6%), food and beverage stores (+0.5%), health and personal care outlets (+0.5%), and general merchandise stores (+0.5%). Nonstore retailers saw a rise of 0.4%, while sporting goods, hobby, musical instruments, and bookstores edged up by 0.2%. Conversely, sales remained stagnant at gasoline stations and dropped by 0.1% in both furniture and electronics stores. Notably, sales figures excluding food services, auto dealers, building material outlets, and gasoline stations—which are key components in GDP calculations—rose by 0.5%, surpassing both the previous month's downwardly revised increase of 0.2% and the expected 0.3% growth.