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3 JIA.IL iir.I.iTL.1-. H .PORT FC- iDPRU.RY 19(6
Furniture s t o r e s a l e s i n c r e a s e d e i g h t per c e n t i n February, ard
-Tere n e a r l y o n e - h a l f l a r g e r than a year B f o . Cash st*les s e r e up s l i g h t l y
Iron; a month a^o, but rose 76 per c e n t over t h e 2-ear-period. both t y p e s of
c r e d i t s a l e s showed s e a s o n a l "6-ins, and were i n c o n s i d e r a b l y l a r g e r volume
thvn a y e a r e a r l i e r .
I n v e n t o r i e s were b u i l t up f u r t h e r i n February, and c o n t i n u e d about
o n e - t e n t h h i f h e r than on the corresponding date l e s t y e a r , b-t t h e end oi the
month they amounted t o n e a r l y t h r e e and o n e - h a l f months* supply a t the c u r r e n t r a t e of s a l e , a s compared r.ith f o u r aad o n e - h a l f months' supply on
February 2R, 1CZ5.
I n s t a l m e n t a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e showed l i t t l e charge from the end
of January, and were 11 per cent g r e a t e r than a v e e r a r o . The r a t i o of c o l l e c t i o n s during February t o i n s t a l m e n t accounts outstanctinf on the f i r s t of
thu month %as 24 ,%r c e n t , t h r e e p o i n t s h i g h e r t h e n i n February lS<ib, These
accounts were o u t s t a n d i n , on the a v e r a g e , approximately seven months, as compared v i t h c i f h t and o n e - h a l f months i n February l£-45"5

F u r n i t u r e S t o r e S t a t i s t i c s f o r F e b r u a r y 1946
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percentage change from:

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to
February 1946
liet s a l e s
Total
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