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September 2, 1945
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Retail furniture store sales In. July -.vero 22 per- cent abcvv .Lira level
of the corresponding -multi; a ./ear a£0, anu show-vd about th-s usual seasonal decrease
from the preceding month. Ir.Ltalent sales reflected a sii-jhtiy larger'oecrease
from the June level th'ifi aid; either cash or c- jr.-i.*•(.-jcount saiut;.' In recent
nths there ;>i.s been little variation in tr.a ,>rvportion -i' the three types of
ti tinL-^jtiofiti to total sales. Cash iaius in .J'ulj c • uterisvd - = slightly larger percentage c: oue total chaii in July . Vi)42 ariv. instalment' s:;xes • corrfs. onuin^l>
smaller percentage than a year -:^o.
Inventor!>s at the ,:na vf Jul.. ?,ia.,uuu8u U;
i-.ive months' supply at the
current vatv -of sale as coiaoareo with nearly ui*ht months' supply-at the end of
July ib-%2.
Ir;3tal«5.nt accounts outstandli.^ at the -.inc. ol July showed ^bcul the
usual vcTiS'-nai uv'ciine £r-..m June 13>3. Thu ratio of c-. ilecti.ns curing July to
ir.staiiacat accounts receivable'' n t;.., iixst of themonth was 22 per cent c.-iapared
wit': 21 pei' cent in J unit .na i» per cent in July of last year'; Thcs& accounts a-.rs
n.. v, collected on Lhe average, in about eight months
c .;.yarison with an average
collection '.ei'iod £ %b ut thirti.or. m a- tao a year ago.

Furniture Store Statistics, lor July 134%

)
Percentage <
June 1942 to
(July iJ*2 to
| Jul/ 1345 '
Jul*/ 1345
Net sales
- T-tal
Crisn oflies
Credit s'ilos:




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-6
. -6
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-5

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Instalment
Charge acco-.mt
Accounts retleiva le , at ef.a uf ..',u:-ttV'
T-.tal
In •- I'-Laen
- t
aur in? i•iv.ath
T-utn.1
In^talruent
rr.jtith, -it r«tail; value
Inventories,

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RETAIL FURNITURE STORES - JULY 1945

$

Sales and Inventories

Federal Reserve
District

Total net sales

Cash sales

Credit sales

Percentage
change from
July
June
1942
1943

Percentage
change from
July
June
1942
1945

Percentage
change from
July
June
1942
1945

+ 4
-13
+32
- 5
+16
-12
+24
-14
+ 17 :
0
+27
- 1
+23
-11
+26
-15
+ 24
-11
+47
-10
+54
- 2
+.10
- 5

Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
'Atlanta
Chicago
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dalit.-. r>
5 .in Frcncisco

+ 7
+52
+28
+56
+40
. +51
+58
+59
+41
+88
+59
+42

-12
- 5
-11
-16
0
- 2
-10
+ 2
-12
-15
- 1
- 1

Inventories
end of month /
Percentage
change from
July
1942
1943

+ 5
+33
+16
+23
+19
|' +29
+19
+21
+20
+ 59
+ 27
+ 6

-12
- 5
-12
-14
+ 1
- 2
-11
-16
-15
- 9
- 5
- 5

.21
-71
-12
-51
-20
+ 2
-19
-22
-14
-17
-21
-25

+
.
.
+
+
+
+
-

2
2
0
1
1
4
6
5
2
1
1
0

U. S. Total

+22

- 7

+40

-6

+ 20

- 8

-22

- 1

Number of stores

945

945

715

716

715

715

645

645

• 1/ At ret?11 value
Accounts Receivable raid Collections

Federal Reserve
District

Boston
Now York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chic»igo
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
U.

S. Total

-50
-55
-58
-40
-56
-55
-35
-56
-59
-54
-40
-36

DigitizedNumber
for FRASER
of stores .
845


i-»ond of month
Insta:Lment
Percentage
change from
July
June
1942
is--: 5

- 4
- 5
- 5
- 5

- 4
|-

4
5
6
5
5

Collections during month
Total
Instalment
Percentage
Percentage
chang e from
change from
July
July
JUB9
June
194% , 1945
19:2
1945

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1

Accounts
Total
Percentage
change from
July
1942
1945

-58
-53
-55
~±2
-54
-58
-41
-54
-63
-42

-' 5
- 5
- 5
- 5
-5
-11
- 6
- 5

1

-J.4
-12
- 8
- 7
-15
-10
- 7
- 5
- 8
+14
- 1
- 5

+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-

7
2
1
4
2
1
5
6
5
2
6

-11
+ 3
-15
+15
. 7
0
- 9
. 8
-17
+ 4
+ 4
-12
-15
- 2
- 8 I
|
0
-6
! - 2
- 1 ; + 25
- 2
- 7
- 5
- 5
-11

+ 4

555

555

- 5

-58

- 5

- 7

0

845

555

555

845

845

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