US Retail Sales Release Calendar

US Retail Sales Release Calendar tracks every scheduled release of the U.S. Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services report, published by the U.S. Census Bureau at 08:30 Eastern Time. The calendar covers a key finance indicator in the United States, with release dates drawn from census.gov and watched closely for signals on consumer spending, retail momentum, and near-term GDP nowcasts. Each entry represents a scheduled macroeconomic release rather than a market session or corporate announcement. The report, often shortened to MARTS, arrives monthly and is typically used by economists, traders, and analysts to gauge sales across retail stores, food services, and related consumer categories. Recent sample releases include the April and May 2026 announcements, both set for 08:30 Eastern Time, which fits the long-standing pattern of early-morning publication before U.S. equity markets open. Because the figures can move consumer-discretionary stocks, Treasury yields, and expectations for broader household demand, timing matters as much as the headline number itself. The U.S. Census Bureau remains the named source and publisher, which gives the calendar a clear official anchor and makes the release schedule straightforward to follow across the year. Analysts, portfolio managers, economists, and business planners can use this smart calendar feed free to subscribe and place each MARTS release directly into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook. That makes it easier to keep the U.S. data calendar aligned with earnings season, Federal Reserve commentary, and other high-frequency indicators. For anyone tracking the finance cycle in real time, the main value lies in having publication times, not just report titles, visible alongside meetings and market events already stored in the calendar app. The calendar updates regularly so cancellations, delays, or rescheduled publication times appear automatically when the Census Bureau changes the release plan. That matters because even a brief shift in timing can affect trading desks, research teams, and media coverage around the opening of U.S. markets.