Hardware store sales improve in November

In the latest available stats, unadjusted sales for hardware stores increased to $1.738 billion in November.

The NAICS 44413 numbers released this morning in the Census Bureau's Monthly Retail Trade Report showed an increase of 7.2% compared to November of 2010. The November figure for hardware stores is also up slightly from October's unadjusted figure of $1.731 billion.