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r- 743 BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE G.7.U.1 May DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA " - m A R y MAY UNITED STATES - MARCH 1958 ( S e l e c t e d s e r i e s , based on r e t a i l d o l l a r an Amount ( I n m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) 1958 ' 1957 Mar. j Feb. Mar. j Feb. # 1958 Per cent change March ?rom Year Month ago ago 396 336 +35 + 5 rl,3U3 1,252 + 3 - 3 409 U61 -12 -Ik r U87 385 +26 - 6 r U35 U19 + 8 - 5 Sales 1 / P Ul6 309 Stocks 1 / pi,302 1,259 Outstanding o r d e r s P 351 398 r Receipts 2/ P 169 365 ^^New Orders 2 / # 6 P b±2 380 r Merchandising R a t i o s 3 / # 1957 | Feb. 3.7 1953-57 Average Feb. Mar. 3.6 3.2 Stocks t o S a l e s p 0.8 1.3 r 1.0 l.it 1.0 l.U P U.o 5.U r k.k 5.1 U.i 5.0 Receipts t o S a l e s 2 / * Outstanding Orders to Sales Stocks p l u s Outstanding Orders t o S a l e s 0 1950 Mar. j Feb. p 3.1 it.l p 1.1 1.2 r 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 Mar. 3«4 p—Preliminary. r—Revised. 1 / Figures are 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 are p r e s e n t e d here s o l e l y t o p e r m i t comparisons w i t h 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 . 4 . 2 or t h e F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n . 2/ Receipts of goods a r e d e r i v e d 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 , lew orders 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 stocks a n d / o r o r d e r s 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 t h e month. Note:—These f i g u r e s a r e nut 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 ^stores l o c a t e d i n v a r i o u s c i t i e s throughout the c o u n t r y . I n 1957, s a l e s by t h e s e stores accounted f o r about U5 per cent of t h e 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 . Figures f o r t h e most r e c e n t t h i r t e e n - m o n t h p e r i o d a r e 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 data may be obtained from the Board's D i v i s i o n of Research and S t a t i s t i c s .
