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r- u* BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL M-SEhVE SYSTEM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 4 ^ 1957 • U7.U.1 °K^K - DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA miTED STATES - SEPTEMBER 1957 ^ 0/ ( 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 amounts) ^n^\,. Per cent cH&S^S? Amount September frcmQ (In m i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s ) Year Month 1955" 1WT ago ago S e p t . | Aug" S e p t . | Aug, kh2 + 2 - 1 1,259 + 8 + 5 569 r 600 575 + 1 - U 539 U87 r 512 191 +11 + 5 5U7 U56 r 537 U7U +20 + 2 U32 r Sales 1 / p Stocks 1 / pi,LOO 1 , 3 0 0 | i , 3 2 9 Outstanding orders P 577 Receipts 2/ p lew orders 2/ P 1+39 Ul3 Merchandising Ratios 3 / • : 1956 1957 i Septs| 3.0 Aug. 3.0 1952-56 average September 3.0 August 3.1 Stocks t o S a l e s e Outstanding Orders t o Sales P 1.3 1.3 rl.U l.U 1.3 l.U Stocks p l u s Outstanding Orders t o S a l e s e S e p t . | Aug. p 3.2 3.0 p U.5 U.3 u.u u.u U.3 U.5 Receipts t o S a l e s 2 j p 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1 / Figures a r e based on t h e sample described i n t h e note below and a r e presented here s o l e l y t o permit 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 stocks r e p o r t G.7.U.2 or the F e d e r a l Reserve B u l l e t i n . 2/ Receipts of goods are derived frcm 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 orders are 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 o u t s t a n d i n g orders* 3 / The f i r s t t h r e e r a t i o s are 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 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 States* They a r e the 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 located &n various c i t i e s throughout the country. I n 1956, s a l e s by t h e s e s t o r e s accounted f o r about 50 p e r cent of 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 the 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 t h e Board's Division of Research and S t a t i s t i c s #
