ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 2001 to December  2001\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
NAICS  Code\Kind of Business\
\\Jan. 2001\ Feb. 2001\ Mar. 2001\ Apr. 2001\ May. 2001\ Jun. 2001\ Jul. 2001\ Aug. 2001\ Sep. 2001\ Oct. 2001\ Nov. 2001\ Dec. 2001(p)\ 
\NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Inventories\411518\411718\417556\417498\413131\406785\398555\402898\412230\422785\426046\393409\
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \275296\277438\282838\282670\279973\276345\276612\281979\290473\306947\307989\272379\
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\136222\134280\134718\134828\133158\130440\121943\120919\121757\115838\118057\121030\
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\23720\22987\23726\23964\23415\23001\22955\23016\23644\25886\26929\24153\
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\40257\41284\42398\42709\42246\40956\39677\39740\39638\39866\39199\38857\
445\Food and beverage stores\33638\33430\33709\33629\33418\33600\33353\33349\33952\35401\36013\35053\
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\32080\33272\34067\33504\33040\32744\33829\34803\36288\38093\36975\29952\
452\General merchandise stores\60993\62629\65319\64776\64783\63422\63377\66040\70581\77269\78563\60838\
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\39828\40933\42740\42455\42397\41128\40994\42997\46626\50872\51620\38919\
\ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Inventories\419216\417473\416129\414933\415124\413879\414291\415864\414521\402449\398375\398057\
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \286857\287033\286882\285851\285644\284563\283567\284781\284101\283577\281593\281160\
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\132359\130440\129247\129082\129480\129316\130724\131083\130420\118872\116782\116897\
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\24683\24402\24510\24453\24214\23910\23616\23534\23480\23576\23747\24177\
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\41037\40997\41044\40948\40896\40510\40078\40427\40530\40514\40081\40183\
445\Food and beverage stores\33467\33734\33776\33918\34018\34182\34068\34170\34185\34330\34379\34366\
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\35330\35171\34833\34328\34274\34180\33965\34021\34105\33770\32984\32451\
452\General merchandise stores\66000\66223\67044\66463\66888\66818\66488\67059\66733\66897\66544\65721\
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\43291\43361\43791\43499\43618\43522\43197\43830\44070\43742\43197\42303\
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Trade\1.76\1.78\1.59\1.62\1.48\1.5\1.52\1.45\1.67\1.53\1.56\1.26\
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \1.61\1.67\1.52\1.52\1.41\1.44\1.48\1.42\1.61\1.61\1.52\1.11\
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\2.16\2.04\1.76\1.87\1.67\1.66\1.64\1.53\1.85\1.35\1.67\1.83\
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\1.69\1.73\1.63\1.83\1.65\1.61\1.61\1.5\1.72\1.79\1.58\1.1\
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\2.05\2.13\1.79\1.6\1.44\1.5\1.53\1.51\1.7\1.54\1.67\1.81\
445\Food and beverage stores\0.89\0.93\0.85\0.87\0.81\0.83\0.82\0.81\0.86\0.89\0.88\0.78\
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\3.14\2.86\2.57\2.48\2.36\2.49\2.65\2.32\2.95\2.84\2.38\1.2\
452\General merchandise stores\2.24\2.24\2.07\1.96\1.89\1.9\1.97\1.88\2.24\2.29\1.91\1.06\
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\2.63\2.6\2.4\2.25\2.22\2.21\2.33\2.18\2.7\2.77\2.16\1.12\
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Trade\1.61\1.59\1.6\1.57\1.57\1.56\1.56\1.56\1.59\1.45\1.48\1.48\
44,45 ex 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers \1.5\1.5\1.5\1.48\1.48\1.48\1.47\1.47\1.49\1.48\1.47\1.46\
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\1.89\1.86\1.86\1.8\1.81\1.8\1.81\1.81\1.89\1.39\1.52\1.54\
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronic, and appliance stores\1.66\1.65\1.67\1.67\1.64\1.61\1.59\1.57\1.61\1.58\1.53\1.53\
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\1.74\1.71\1.7\1.64\1.67\1.65\1.63\1.63\1.69\1.66\1.63\1.66\
445\Food and beverage stores\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.86\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.85\0.84\
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\2.45\2.41\2.43\2.39\2.42\2.42\2.37\2.4\2.56\2.4\2.36\2.26\
452\General merchandise stores\1.91\1.91\1.96\1.9\1.93\1.92\1.9\1.92\1.92\1.91\1.89\1.84\
4521\Department stores (ex. L.D.)\2.19\2.18\2.25\2.18\2.23\2.21\2.2\2.23\2.27\2.23\2.17\2.1\
(1) Inventory data adjusted for seasonal variation; sales data adjusted for seasonal variations, holiday, and trading day differences, but not for price
 changes.\
 
Note:  Inventories include data for auxilaries; for example, warehouses servicing retail locations.
U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.  Totals exclude food services\