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G.7.4.1 BOAfit) OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE De<5jfembpr 1, 1959. ^3/0/i DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA/}' . '*/l k 03 FILE UNIIED • LtH e e • 3 yf ciuOfr®" m B 1959 " " ^ 1 s e r i e s , oasea on r e t a i l d o l l a r amoi Amount ( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) 1959 1958 October I S e p t . October! S e p t . P e r c e n t change October from Month Year ago ago Sales 1/ P 531 472 502 451 +13 + 6 Stocks l / pl,578 1,483 rl,5l8 1,394 + 6 + 4 Outstanding Orders P 604 627 r 543 552 - 4 +11 Receipts 2/ P 626 575 r 626 568 + 9 0 New Orders 2/ P 603 571 r 617 580 + 6 - 2 1Merchandising Rati<3S, 2 / 1959 Sept. October • • S 1958 Sept. October 1954-58 Average OctoberI Sept. Stocks t o S a l e s P 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 Outstanding Orders t o Sales P 1.1 1.3 1.1 1,2 1.1 1.3 Stocks plus Outstanding Orders t o Sales P 4.1 4.5 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.3 Receipts t o Sales 2/ P 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 p—Preliminary. r—Revised, l / Figures are based on t h e sample described i n t h e note below and are presented here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with changes i n orders and r e c e i p t s . For monthl y movements of t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s and s t o c k s , r e f e r t o t h e r e g u l a r monthly s a l e s r e p o r t G.7.2 and stocks r e p o r t G.7.4.2 or t h e Federal Reserve Bulletin. 2/ Receipts of goods are derived from t h e r e p o r t e d f i g u r e s on s a l e s and s t o c k s . New Orders are derived from r e c e i p t s and r e p o r t e d f i g u r e s on outstanding o r d e r s . 2 / The f i r s t t h r e e r a t i o s are of stocks and/or orders a t t h e end of t h e month t o s a l e s during t h e month. The f i n a l r a t i o i s based on t o t a l s of s a l e s and r e c e i p t s f o r the month. Note:—These f i g u r e s are not e s t i m a t e s f o r a l l department s t o r e s i n t h e United ^S ta te s . They a r e t h e a c t u a l d o l l a r amounts reported by a group of department stores l o c a t e d i n v a r i o u s c i t i e s throughout t h e country, In 1958, s a l e s by these s t o r e s accounted f o r about 4-5 per cent of t h e estimated t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s . Figures f o r t h e most r e c e n t thirteen-month period are shown r e g u l a r l y i n t h e B u l l e t i n . For d e s c r i p t i o n and back d a t a , January 1939 t o August 1952, see Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r October 1952, pp. 1098-1102. Back d a t a may be oba i n e d from t h e Board's Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s , Digitized for tFRASER