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RESERVE FEDERAL statistical [ill! release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 1964 G.7.4.1 DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA UNITED STATES - DECEIVER I963 fy/?y (Selected series, based on retail dollar mwW(hts I " Amount // 7 ^ (In millions of dollars) 1962 1963 Nov. Dec, Nov, Dec, „cent change b^c. from Year ago 656 +68 + 7 rl,498 r1,879 -22 + 4 555 r 382 r 549 -28 + 5 627 691 r 608 r 701 - 9 + 3 472 566 r 441 r 588 -17 + 7 Sales l/ pi,061 631 Stocks l/ pi,564 1,998 Outstanding Orders p 400 Receipts 2/ P New Orders 2/ p r 989 r Merchandising Ratios 3/ Dec. Stocks to Sales Outstanding Orders to Sales Stocks plus Outstanding Orders to Sales Receipts to Sales 2/ 1963 1 Nov. Dec. 1962 1 Nov, 1958-62 average Nov. Dec. ' P 1.5 3.2 1.5 2.9 1.4 2.9 F 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.9 P 1.9 P 0.6 4.1 1.9 0,6 3.7 1.1 1.8 3.7 1.1 1.1 i 0.6 p—Preliminary r—Revised 1/ Figures are based on the sample described in the note below and are presented here solely to permit comparisons with changes in orders and receipts. For monthly movements of total department store sales and stocks, refer to the regular monthly sales report G.7.2 and stocks report G.7.4.2 or the Federal Reserve Bulletin. 2/ Receipts of goods are derived from the reported figures on sales and stocks. New orders are derived from receipts and reported figures on outstanding orders. 2/ The first three ratios are of stocks and/or orders at the end of the month to sales during the month. The final ratio is based on totals of sales and receipts for the month. Note: These figures are not estimates for all department stores in the United States. They are the actual dollar amounts reported by a group of department stores located in various cities throughout the country. In 1962 sales by these ^^tores accounted for more than 40 per cent of the estimated total department store : % # a l e s . Figures for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in Bulletin. For description and back data, January 1939 to August 1952, see Federal Reserve Bulletin for October 1952, pp. 1098-1102. Back data may be obtained from the Board's Division of Research and Statistics,
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