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G. 17.3

September 4 , 1946

DEPARTLIEKT .STORE* CREDIT
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JULY 1946"

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Instalment accounts outstanding at department stores showed slightly
lessj t h a n the usual seasonal decline, in July, and w e r e a b o u t two-fifths higher
tharv~a,! year a g o :
Collections on instalment accounts decreased 3 per cent, resulting in a collection.ratio of 32 per' c e n t , one point.less t h a n in June. Instalment
accounts were collected in'.about five months, approximately the same.average as
for July 19^5.
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Charge, accounts receivable declined less than is usual i n July, b u t '
continued more than one-half above .the year-ago level e , Collections on charge accounts were down slightly during the month, and t h e collection, ratio declined -three
points to 57 por cent.
Charge accounts, wore outstanding, on the average,
approximately LZ lays, a s compared with about 48 days in July a'year earlier,
- Cash and charge-account sales declined substantial iy,'-as i s customa?^, in July, but. continued w e l l abovo the volume in the corresponding' month, last year*.
Instalment sales declined seasonally, but exceeded the ycar-ago level by 56 per
cent.
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Department Store Sales, Accounts Receivable and Collections
Percentage change from:
July 1945
June 1946
to
to
July 1946
July 1946:
Sales during m o n t h
Cash
Instalment
Charge account

-18 - ^ /
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A c c o u n t s receivable, end of month
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Instalment accounts
Charge accounts
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Collections during month
Inst a 1 r. e n t accou nts
Charge accounts

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- 3
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+17 u >'•
+56
+48 - ^ -

+41"
+57

. +36
+39

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Ratio of collections during month to accounts receival>le at beginning of m o n t h

Instalment accounts
Charge accounts

' July
1946

June
1-946

July
,1945

32
' 57

33
60

32
62

I.'ote ;• Figures for July 1946 are preliminary and subject to revision.




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July
i Juno
| July
' 194 6 p l 1946
1945

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101
179
192
23.9
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233

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1946
1945
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1946
1945
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154

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156
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116
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171
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1945
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T r r - t a t c . r.ro b a r e d or: ra-ports, of a b o u t -75 lr rr,e ddpartzr.v-nt
stores- r o p o r t lr.- selec by t y p e of trar.ractior, r.or., t h a n 4 00 h a v i n g charge a c c o u n t s and
T:b cut - 6 0 0 hi-vin^r instalr./rt a c c o u n t s .
Sa.ck.fi^urvs nay. be_ o b t a i n e d on.re^u.;5t.:'rcr: the D i v i s i o n of Res,-.arch and 'Statistics*
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