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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 151221999–5999–01]
Annual Retail Trade Survey
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
AGENCY:
The United States Department
of Commerce’s Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) publishes this notice to
announce that the Director of the
Census Bureau has determined the need
to conduct the 2015 Annual Retail
Trade Survey (ARTS). ARTS covers
employer firms with establishments
located in the United States and
classified in the Retail Trade and/or
Accommodation and Food Services
sectors as defined by the 2007 North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). Through this survey,
the Census Bureau will collect data
covering annual sales, annual ecommerce sales, year-end inventories
held inside and outside the United
States, total operating expenses,
purchases, accounts receivables, and,
for selected industries, merchandise line
sales. These data are collected to
provide a sound statistical basis for the
formation of policy by various
government agencies. Results will be
available for use for a variety of public
and business needs such as economic
and market analysis, company
performance, and forecasting future
demand. The Census Bureau conducts
the ARTS to provide continuing and
timely national statistical data on retail
trade, and accommodation and food
services activity annually.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will
provide electronic worksheets to
businesses included in the survey.
Additional copies are available upon
written request to the Director, U.S.
Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–
0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Savage, Economy-Wide Statistics
Division, at (301) 763–4834 or by email
at john.c.savage@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections
182, 224, and 225 of Title 13 of the
United States Code (U.S.C.) authorize
the Census Bureau to take surveys that
are necessary to produce current data on
the subjects covered by the major
censuses. As part of this authorization,
the Census Bureau conducts the ARTS
to provide continuing and timely
national statistical data on retail trade,
and accommodation and food services
activity for the period between
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economic censuses. ARTS is a
continuation of similar retail trade
surveys conducted each year since 1951
(except 1954). ARTS covers employer
firms with establishments located in the
United States and classified in the Retail
Trade and/or Accommodation and Food
Services sectors as defined by the 2007
North American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). ARTS provides, on a
comparable classification basis, annual
sales, annual e-commerce sales, yearend inventories held inside and outside
the United States, total operating
expenses, purchases, accounts
receivables, and, for selected industries,
merchandise line sales for 2015. The
Census Bureau has determined that the
conduct of this survey is necessary
because these data are not available
publicly on a timely basis from any
other sources.
Firms are selected for the ARTS
survey using a stratified random sample
based on industry groupings and annual
sales size. We will provide electronic
worksheets to the firms covered by this
survey in March 2016, and will require
their responses within 40 days after
receipt. Firms’ responses to the ARTS
survey are required by law (Title 13
U.S.C. Sections 182, 224, and 225). The
sample of firms selected will provide,
with measurable reliability, statistics on
annual sales, annual e-commerce sales,
year-end inventories held inside and
outside the United States, total
operating expenses, purchases, accounts
receivables, and, for selected industries,
merchandise line sales for 2015.
The data collected in this survey will
be similar to that collected in the past
and within the general scope and nature
of those inquiries covered in the
economic census. These data are
collected to provide a sound statistical
basis for the formation of policy by
various government agencies. Results
will be available for use for a variety of
public and business needs including
economic and market analysis, company
performance, and forecasting future
demand.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person is required to respond
to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) unless that
collection of information displays a
current valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number. In
accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501–3521, OMB has approved the
Annual Retail Trade Survey under OMB
Control Number 0607–0013.
Based upon the foregoing, I have
directed that an annual survey be
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conducted for the purpose of collecting
these data.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 151221999-5999-01]
Annual Retail Trade Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Commerce's Bureau of the
Census (Census Bureau) publishes this notice to announce that the
Director of the Census Bureau has determined the need to conduct the
2015 Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS). ARTS covers employer firms with
establishments located in the United States and classified in the
Retail Trade and/or Accommodation and Food Services sectors as defined
by the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Through this survey, the Census Bureau will collect data covering
annual sales, annual e-commerce sales, year-end inventories held inside
and outside the United States, total operating expenses, purchases,
accounts receivables, and, for selected industries, merchandise line
sales. These data are collected to provide a sound statistical basis
for the formation of policy by various government agencies. Results
will be available for use for a variety of public and business needs
such as economic and market analysis, company performance, and
forecasting future demand. The Census Bureau conducts the ARTS to
provide continuing and timely national statistical data on retail
trade, and accommodation and food services activity annually.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will provide electronic worksheets to
businesses included in the survey. Additional copies are available upon
written request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
20233-0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Savage, Economy-Wide Statistics
Division, at (301) 763-4834 or by email at john.c.savage@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 182, 224, and 225 of Title 13 of
the United States Code (U.S.C.) authorize the Census Bureau to take
surveys that are necessary to produce current data on the subjects
covered by the major censuses. As part of this authorization, the
Census Bureau conducts the ARTS to provide continuing and timely
national statistical data on retail trade, and accommodation and food
services activity for the period between economic censuses. ARTS is a
continuation of similar retail trade surveys conducted each year since
1951 (except 1954). ARTS covers employer firms with establishments
located in the United States and classified in the Retail Trade and/or
Accommodation and Food Services sectors as defined by the 2007 North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS). ARTS provides, on a
comparable classification basis, annual sales, annual e-commerce sales,
year-end inventories held inside and outside the United States, total
operating expenses, purchases, accounts receivables, and, for selected
industries, merchandise line sales for 2015. The Census Bureau has
determined that the conduct of this survey is necessary because these
data are not available publicly on a timely basis from any other
sources.
Firms are selected for the ARTS survey using a stratified random
sample based on industry groupings and annual sales size. We will
provide electronic worksheets to the firms covered by this survey in
March 2016, and will require their responses within 40 days after
receipt. Firms' responses to the ARTS survey are required by law (Title
13 U.S.C. Sections 182, 224, and 225). The sample of firms selected
will provide, with measurable reliability, statistics on annual sales,
annual e-commerce sales, year-end inventories held inside and outside
the United States, total operating expenses, purchases, accounts
receivables, and, for selected industries, merchandise line sales for
2015.
The data collected in this survey will be similar to that collected
in the past and within the general scope and nature of those inquiries
covered in the economic census. These data are collected to provide a
sound statistical basis for the formation of policy by various
government agencies. Results will be available for use for a variety of
public and business needs including economic and market analysis,
company performance, and forecasting future demand.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of
information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521,
OMB has approved the Annual Retail Trade Survey under OMB Control
Number 0607-0013.
Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that an annual survey be
conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2016-00507 Filed 1-12-16; 8:45 am]
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