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FEDERAL statistical RESERVE release w 'f*4LRBSV *-6*7. U.1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 196L. DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA UNITED STATES - JANUARY 1961 S a l e s 1/ (Soloctcd s e r i e s , based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Amount Per c e n t change ( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) J a n . from 196U 1962 Month j 1 1963 Year Jan. Jan. IDcc. Dec. ago 1 ago 1,063 r I4IO P UL1 + 8 989 -59 Stocks 1 / P 1,519 Outstanding Orders P 530 Loo r U99 Receipts 2 / P 395 630 r 375 r 525 U75 r h92 r New Orders 2 / 1,565 r 1,162 r 1,197 - 3 + U +33 +-6 607 -37 + 5 UUO +11 + 7 302 ! Merchandising R a t i o s 3 / Stocks t o S a l e s 1964 Jan. P 3.U Outstanding Orders to Sales p 1.2 Stocks p l u s Outstand-4 ing Orders t o S a l e s p U.6 3.6 1962 Dec. l.b o.u 1.2 o.U 1.2 o.U 1.9 U.8 1.9 U.6 l.ti Dec. 1.5 1963 Jan. ]1.959-63 av» 1950-62 av. Jan. Dec. l.U 3.U Receipts t o S a l e s 2 / 0.6 0.6 0.9 P 0.9 0.6 0.9 p--Preliminary r—Revised "" ~T 1 / Figures a r e based on t h e sample d e s c r i b e d i n t h e n o t e below and a r e p r e s e n t e d h e r e s o l e l y t o p e r m i t comparisons with changes i n o r d e r s 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 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 s t o c k s r e p o r t G.7.U.2 or t h e Federal Reserve B u l l e t i n . 2 / Receipts of goods a r e derived from the 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 o r d e r s a r e d e r i v e d 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 o u t s t a n d i n g 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 s t o c k s and/or o r d e r s a t the 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 a r e 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 c o u n t r y . In 1963 s a l e s by t h e s e s t o r e s accounted f o r more than U p e r cent of the e s t i m a t e d t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s , O f i g u r e s f o r t h e mos t r e c e n t thirteen^-month p e r i o d a r e 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 d a t a , January 1939 t o August 1952, see F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n f o r October 195'2, pp. 1098-1102. Back d a t a may be obtained from t h e Board's Digitized for iFRASER of Research and S t a t i s t i c s . D vision
