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.7.4.1
DEPARTMENT STORE MERCHANDISING DATA
UNITED STATES - JULY 19&3
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 4j 1963
ted series, based on retail dollar amounts)
Per cent change
Amount
July from
(In millions of dollars)
L^njLh
Year
1962
1963
July I June
a(Wrf,
ago
July
I June
r
404
468
rl,486
1,500
/c
Sales l/
p
434
482
Stocks l/
pi,55^
1,540
Outstanding Orders
P
770
710
r
726
671
Receipts 2/
p 448
390
r
390
397
+15
+15
New Orders 2/
P
591
r
445
571
-14
+14
508
Merchandising Ratios 3/
July
1963
| June
July
1962
| June
1958-62 average
July
June
Stocks to Sales
p
3.6
3.2
3.7
3.2
3.5
3.0
Outstanding Orders
to Sales
p
1.8
1.5
1.8
1.4
1.7
1.3
Stocks plus Outstanding Orders to Sales
P
5.4
4.7
5.5
4.6
5.2
4.4
Receipts to Sales 2/
p
1.0
0.8
1.0
0.9
1.0
0.8
p—Preliminary
r—Revised
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,
2.1 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.
^fete:—These figures are not estimates for all department stores in the United
^Rates.. They are the actual dollar amounts reported by a group of department
stores located in various cities throughout the country. In 1962 sales by these
stores accounted for more than 40 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
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