Economic Briefing Room (as of Thu Sep 9 12:34:00 2010 GMT)
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade
http://www.census.gov/econ/qfr/
After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 3.0 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter 2010 (the 3 months ending Apr. 30, 2010), down 0.1 (+/- 0.1) cents from the after-tax profits average of 3.1 cents for the fourth quarter 2009 (the 3 months ending Jan. 31, 2010).
1st Qtr. 2010: -0.1 cents
4th Qtr. 2009: +0.8 cents