Monthly Retail Trade Survey

MRTS-L2
(03-18-2014)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

Dear Company Official:
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in the Monthly Retail
Trade Survey. This survey is authorized by Title 13, United States Code, Section 182. Your
willingness to provide data has contributed to the overall timeliness and reliability of the
estimates used to assess the condition of the United States economy.
To reduce the burden on smaller companies, we select a new sample every 5-7 years.
Although there is a possibility that you will be reselected in the future, your firm is not being
asked to participate in the upcoming sample at this time. If you report to us
electronically, beginning next month your Username and Password will be disabled and you
will be removed from subsequent data collection attempts for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey.
If your participation is requested in the future, you will be notified.
The information that you have provided to the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is confidential
by law (Title 13, United States Code) and is seen only by persons sworn to uphold the
confidentiality of Census Bureau information. Under the same law, your information was
used only to develop total U.S. estimates that do not reveal the individual activities of your
firm. This information cannot be used for taxation,
regulation, or investigation and will continue to be safeguarded after you are no longer actively
reporting in the survey.
Again, I thank you for your participation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey. Companies like
yours allow the Census Bureau to provide the most accurate and useful data possible.
Sincerely,

Shirin A. Ahmed
Assistant Director for Economic Programs Enclosures

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