Sales:
Monthly, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted

	Percent
Name	Aug 2020	Jul 2020	Aug 2019
Total Merchant Wholesalers, Except Manufacturers' Sales Branches and Offices	-0.6	0.8	0.7
Durable Goods	0.8	-1.5	2.6
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies	3.2	3.1	2.8
Furniture and Home Furnishings	-0.1	6.6	0.8
Lumber and Other Construction Materials	-0.5	4.2	-0.2
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies	-3.8	-2.0	-4.9
Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software	-6.7	-3.9	-8.2
Metals and Minerals, Except Petroleum	-0.6	2.7	3.6
Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods	5.0	-5.6	9.7
Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies	-6.3	-1.0	-2.9
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies	1.1	-6.0	2.0
Miscellaneous Durable Goods	4.2	0.6	11.2
Nondurable Goods	-1.9	2.9	-0.9
Paper and Paper Products	-0.8	5.7	-0.5
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries	-4.1	2.3	-2.5
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions	5.3	15.6	6.3
Grocery and Related Products	-1.1	3.1	0.0
Farm Product Raw Materials	3.2	-3.0	-5.4
Chemicals and Allied Products	-8.2	1.3	1.4
Petroleum and Petroleum Products	0.6	14.6	-0.1
Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverages	-3.0	-2.8	5.3
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods	-5.4	-9.8	-6.9

Sales:Monthly, Percent, Not Seasonally Adjusted