U.S. shoppers boosted retail spending in June as the economy more broadly reopened and auto dealers navigated supply disruptions.

Retail sales -- a measure of purchases at stores, at restaurants and online -- rose 0.6% last month compared with May, the Commerce Department reported Friday.

Auto sales, which have shown signs of slowing amid supply-chain disruptions that have limited the number of vehicles for sale, weighed on overall retail sales in June. Excluding autos -- a sometimes volatile category of products -- sales rose 1.3% in the same period.

Retail spending had slowed in late spring after surging earlier in the year from the impact of federal coronavirus aid to households. June's increase marks a pickup in consumer spending.

Consumers in June spent more on products and services associated with the resumption of outside activities as governments ended many remaining Covid-19 restrictions. Sales rose strongly at restaurants and bars and clothing and accessories stores. Meanwhile, sales fell in categories that benefited from strong demand earlier in the pandemic as Americans stayed at home. Sales at furniture, sporting goods and building materials stores fell.

"Fast forward to June, it's almost a perfect flip-flop," said Tim Quinlan, senior economist at Wells Fargo. Consumers are now thinking "anywhere but home," which should benefit retailers in industries that were hard-hit earlier on, he said.

Many economists have said they expect consumers to shift spending away from purchases of goods, particularly big-ticket items, to the services sector as the end of pandemic-related restrictions allows the economy to open more fully and Americans to resume outside activities.

A Bank of America tracker of credit- and debit-card spending showed consumers in June boosted expenditures at restaurants by 2.7% and on lodging by 7.8% compared with May, on a seasonally adjusted basis. Spending for clothing, general merchandise and at department stores also rose strongly, while spending on furniture fell.

"Sectors that were buoyed by the pandemic are slowing down a little bit, but not to a degree that I'd be concerned about," said Felipe Chacon, an economist at payments company Square. "Household finances have been bolstered by a few rounds of stimulus spending, so it bodes pretty well, " for retail sales broadly, he said.

The National Retail Federation, a trade association, in June lifted its forecast for annual retail sales this year to between $4.44 trillion and $4.56 trillion, from $4.33 trillion to $4.44 trillion previously.

Katherine Cullen, senior director of industry and consumer insights at the trade group, said the upwardly revised forecast reflected a strong pickup in the overall economy and better-than-expected retail sales growth.

She expects goods retailers that offer products related to activities in the services sector, such as traveling, to see further strength in the coming months. She also forecasts brisk back-to-school sales as families stock up on products they didn't need last year because many students were learning remotely.

Still, some retailers have said that challenges attracting workers for open positions and supply-chain disruptions are placing constraints on business.

A semiconductor shortage helped drive up prices for autos in June. The Federal Reserve on Thursday reported that U.S. manufacturing output fell slightly last month, as motor vehicle and parts production dropped sharply.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has said he expects upward price pressures to ease as supply-chain issues and friction associated with the economy ramping up are resolved.

Mr. Quinlan of Wells Fargo said he doesn't expect price increases to deter Americans from spending for now.

"Right now, consumers are price takers," Mr. Quinlan said, noting many households have cash on hand from savings during the pandemic and the start of monthly payments of the expanded child tax credit.

"The pent-up demand is so great," for spending on items like vacations, rental cars and flights, he said. "Once that sugar high has worn off, then you'll start to see ordinary price sensitivity come back into consumer behavior."