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T- 71-3
G.7.4.1

BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, I960.
DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA
UNITED STATES - JUNE i960

rJ

feted series, based on retail dollar"amounts) ^ '
,
,~T..TT
-TT Per cent
,
change
Amount
^
V
June
from
(In millions of d o l l a r s ? ^
Year
Month
1959
I960
ago .
^jk°May
[ May
June
June
449

455

+ 1

0

rl,3°3

1,371

- 5

+ 6

r

606

415

+47

+ 2

436

r

381

417

-15

- 3

440

r

572

452

+29

- 1

Sales l/

P

451

448

Stocks l/

pi,381

1,461

Outstanding Orders

p

618

421

Receipts 2/

P

371

New Orders 2/

p

568

r

Merchandising Ratios 3,/
1959

I960
June

June

May

May

1955-59 Average
1 May
June

2.9

3.0

3.0

3-0

| r

1.3

0.9

1.2

0.8

i

4.3

3.9

4.2

3.8

0.8

0.9

0.8

0.9

Stocks to Sales

P

3.1

3-3

Outstanding Orders
to Sales

P

1.4

0.9

Stocks plus Outstanding
Orders to Sales

P

4.4

4.2

Receipts to Sales 2/

P

0.8

1.0 1 r
1

p—Preliminary.
*—
l/ 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,
3/ 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.
. ., TT_..
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 1959, sales by these
stores accounted for about 45 per cent of the estimated total department store
sales. Figures for the most recent thirteen-month period are shown regularly in
the 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 ob
tained from the Board's Division of Research and Statistics.