Table 1.  Private sector gross job gains and job losses, annual March to March

Retail trade                                 

(In thousands)

                                         Gross job gains                       Gross job losses
Year ended    Net change(1)  Total     Expanding     Opening        Total    Contracting    Closing
                                   establishments  establishments          establishments  establishments

March 1994         355       1,854       1,117          737          1,499        919          580
March 1995         454       1,949       1,191          758          1,495        935          560
March 1996         249       1,880       1,142          738          1,631      1,013          618
March 1997         297       1,942       1,171          771          1,645      1,016          629
March 1998         194       1,880       1,152          728          1,686      1,049          637
March 1999         350       2,024       1,244          780          1,674      1,036          638
March 2000         362       2,071       1,254          817          1,709      1,030          679
March 2001          35       1,823       1,140          683          1,788      1,158          630
March 2002        -218       1,717       1,030          687          1,935      1,282          653
March 2003        -118       1,582         953          629          1,700      1,151          549
March 2004         206       1,658       1,059          599          1,452        956          496
March 2005         209       1,677       1,054          623          1,468        980          488
March 2006         234       1,699       1,099          600          1,465        992          473
March 2007         173       1,672       1,062          610          1,499      1,010          489
March 2008         -14       1,507         955          552          1,521      1,089          432
March 2009        -829       1,163         711          452          1,992      1,438          554
March 2010        -201       1,183         803          380          1,384        967          417
March 2011         151       1,269         888          381          1,118        785          333
March 2012         244       1,350         944          406          1,106        758          348

(1) Net change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses.