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J"-74 3 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Juna 3 a 1958 * G.7.U.1 DATA FILE INFERENCE LIBRARY rEDERAL RESERVE BANK It&R,<ARy DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA UNITED STATES - APRIL 1958 JU/V 4 Ft. 416 416 Stocks 1 / pi,344 1,299 Outstanding orders P 310 350 Receipts 2 / p 461 456 New Orders 2 / P 421 408 443 396 0 - 6 rl,380 1,343 + 3 - 3 342 409 -11 - 9 co o P £- Sales 1 / Per ceriVwchange A p r i l from Year Month ago ago 1 Amount ( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) 1957 " 1958 " Apr. | Mar. Apr. Mar. 487 + 1 - 4 r 413 435 + 3 + 2 r r Merchandising Ratios 3 / 1957 Mar, Apr. j 3.1 3.4 1953-57 Average Mar. Apr. 3.2 3.1 Stocks t o S a l e s 1958 Mar. Apr. p 3.2 3.1 ' Outstanding Orders t o Sales P 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.0 Stocks p l u s Outstanding Orders t o S a l e s P U.o 4.0 3.9 4.4 3.9 4.1 Receipts t o Sales 2 / P l.i l.l 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 p--Pre l i n l i n a r y . ~ r—Revised. 1/ Figures are based on t h e sample described in t h e note below and a r e 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 monthly 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 the 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 B u l l e t i n . 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 . Hew orders a r e 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 . 3 / The f i r s t t h r e e r a t i o s a r e 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 t a t e s . They a r e t h e a c t u a l d o l l a r amounts r e p o r t e d by a group of department s t o r e s 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 1957, s a l e s by these s t o r e s accounted f o r about 45 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 p e r i o d are shown r e g u l a r l y i n the B u l l e t i n . For d e s c r i p t i o n and back data, 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 data may be obtained from t h e Board's Dvision of Research and S t a t i s t i c s .
