April 2010 American Apparel Retail Newsletter

US retail

The first figures show that overall retail sales grew by 0.4% in April 2010, an increase of 8.8% over the same period last year.

Clothing retailing industry

A slight decrease from last month.

In April 2010, sales of clothing and clothing stores in the United States amounted to $18 billion 260 million, down 1%, up 5.7% from the same period last year.

The total store sales amount was $51 billion 90 million, a decrease of 0.4%, an increase of 3.9% over the same period.

The sales volume of department stores was $15 billion 910 million, a decrease of 1.5% compared with the same period, an increase of 0.9% over the same period.

Clothing industry

The inventory sales ratio showed a slight decrease compared with last month.

The inventory sales ratio of clothing stores decreased from 2.31 in February 2010 to 2.25.

The inventory sales ratio of the comprehensive store decreased from 1.36 in February to 1.35, of which the stock sales ratio of department stores dropped from 1.95 in February to 1.92.