The October sales were a monthly record at $18.7 billion.
In May, consumer prices rose a monthly record of 23 percent.
November was also well above the previous monthly record of $12.4 billion, set in July.
Instead, for the fourth time this year, imports set a monthly record.
In July, companies announced that they would lay off an additional 205,975 workers, a monthly record.
It's very important to keep on top of things and do a weekly, if not monthly record.
The nation's trade deficit soared to a monthly record of $19.2 billion in November.
The company keeps a monthly record of each worker's sales performance, called a monitor.
That matches the monthly record set in October 2000.
That set a new monthly record for February.