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October &, 1544
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DETAILtfURNITUEERFP03T ?OF: AUGUST 1944
d e t a i l f u r n i t u r e s t o r e s a l e s in- August showed about the u s u e l ' s e a s o n a l
i n c r e a s e from t h e customarily low 'level of J u l y , *>-nd were four p-jr cent above
thc-se of a y e a r ago. A l l t y p e s of s a l e s .snowed-sizeable i n c r e a s e s from t h e
preceding month.. Cash s a l e s were i n c o n s i d e r a b l y l a r g e r volume t h i n i n
August 1943, while i n s t a l m e n t s a l e s remained s l i g h t l y below tlie year-'.,*o l » v c l .
I n v e n t o r i e s continued t o i n c r e a s e slowly and ' a t the end of Au.-ust
were approximately o n e - t e n t h below t h e 'volume of . l a s t y e a r . ' At t h e end cf
August thtjy amounted t o scmewhat ::ore thr.n a f o u r months* supply a t tixe c u r r e n t
r a t e of s a l e a s compared .vith a f i v e months* supply a t the end of Aui-ust 1943.
Instalment r e c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e remained a t t h e J u l y l e v : 1 and were
s u p s t a : i t i a l l y below th? nn.ount o u t s t a n d i n g on August - 51. cf .the precedi
y e a r . The r a t i o of c o l l e c t i o n s during August t o i nst.-Inor.t accounts r e c e i v able on the f i r s t of th-3 r ^ n t h was 24 per c e n t , tv:o p o i n t s above the Augusth ...;
19V3 r a t i o . These accounts are now c o l l e c t e d in s l i g h t l y more then seven1
months as compared with an average c o l l e c t i o n period of about r i g h t months a
year ago.
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 August 194i
Percentage chancre from:
Aug. 1943
l u l y 10x4
' to •
to
Ausr. "1944
Awr. 1.944
Net s a l e s
Total
Cash s<ie3
Credit calee:

Instalment
Charge account
Accounts r e c e i v a b l e , a t end of month
Tctnl
Instalment
C o l l e c t i o n s during month
Totcl
Instalment
I n v e n t o r i e s , end of month, a t r e t a i l value




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TtKTAIL HJRKITTJKE STOLEH - AUGUST 1944
S a l e s and I n v e n t o r i e s

r

i

T o t a l net pales i

Federal Reserve
hi s t r i c t

Pore entage
J uly
1944

1>;3
Boston
Hew York
Ph i l a r: o 1 p h i a
Cl.-vciana
Richmond.
Atlanta
Chicago ^
St. Louis

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^

Kansas City
Paila3
f-an F r a n c i s c o

!

- 1
+ 6
+ G

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. «• 7
0
+ 4

•-11

Percentage

+10

+ 2

+ 3
j ;• 8
- +14
+10
+15
+ 7
+r.G
; ^ 44

+ '.5

+12

U-. f-:. T . j t s l

+ 4

+ 12

Nizr.be r > o f s t - r e s

9CC

906

+ 8

Percentage

+
+
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+ 17

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5

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4

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+ 13
<- 8
+12

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+ 20
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sale-a

Percentage
chan-;Aug.
July
1343
1344

Jvily
1944

/,uc%
19 4 3

•15

+ 1?:.
+ 8

.+ 7

Credit

+ 8
> 4
>17
+3 6
+ 7
+ 5
+ 10

+19

- 2

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Accounts Receivable arc Collection:?

District

Poston
New Yorlc
Philadelphia
CI?volar3
Fiotaionc
At l e n t o
Chic?.': - .
S t . Louis
Minne-vpolie
Kansas City
Dallas
San Franc icco

-13
-20
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+
>

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-If:
-15

•

874




1.
1
j.
2

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+ 2
+
0
+

-17

U. S . ' T o t a l
Number of ^ s t o r e s

Co l l o o t i M i 5
Total
P-rccnt^e
chuript- fi'ozn:
Aw.
July
1943

A c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e , end o f n o r t h
Total
I n s t a l l r.ent
ntago
Percentage
from:
c n u r c e frorfw
July
J aly
Auf.
Aw:*
1943.
1944
1.044
1943
0

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-13
-11

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- 9
-28

0
834

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-11
- 6

0
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834

u u r i n -- month
Instalment
Pore ontage
iz f r o m :
A.u-;. | J - 1 y
1 3 1 3 ! 1944

0 '
- 2
+ 2
+ 7

- 0
-1*
-27
- V

+ 10
+ 7 —
- 2
- 1
0
+ 5
- 4
0
+ 6
+ 7
+ 5
+22
+ 5

834

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