Estimates of End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kind of Business:\
1998\
(Estimates are shown in millions of dollars and are based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Annual\
Retail Trade Survey, and administrative records.)\
NAICS  Code\Kind of Business\
\\Jan. 1998\Feb. 1998\Mar. 1998\Apr. 1998\May 1998\Jun. 1998\Jul. 1998\Aug. 1998\Sep. 1998\Oct. 1998\Nov. 1998\Dec. 1998\
\NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Inventories, total\ 336564 \341957 \349855 \353017 \344642 \340741 \337399 \338829 \352104 \372231 \381117 \351996
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 233497 \237086 \243738 \246215 \242407 \242917 \246799 \250077 \259296 \274284 \278541 \245964
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 103067 \104871 \106117 \106802 \102235 \97824 \90600 \88752 \92808 \97947 \102576 \106032
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 21220 \21158 \21684 \22134 \21721 \21611 \22022 \22159 \22902 \24893 \25716 \22410
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 28557 \29786 \30621 \30863 \30111 \30039 \29728 \29849 \29705 \29855 \30105 \30037
445\Food and beverage stores\ 30360 \29795 \30260 \30316 \30079 \30322 \30394 \30230 \30646 \31787 \32569 \31575
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 28345 \29482 \30987 \31179 \30696 \30929 \32349 \33195 \34787 \36501 \36243 \29825
452\General merchandise stores\ 56304 \57779 \59310 \59879 \58437 \58053 \59314 \60824 \65639 \71574 \72742 \57192
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 40870 \41958 \43039 \43312 \42120 \41653 \42645 \43611 \46807 \50941 \51751 \40224
\ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Inventories, total\ 344777 \346600 \349096 \350176 \346723 \347151 \348598 \348788 \352041 \352657 \355312 \357269
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 244188 \245564 \247862 \248812 \247341 \250235 \251563 \252131 \252614 \252256 \253504 \254466
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 100589 \101036 \101234 \101364 \99382 \96916 \97035 \96657 \99427 \100401 \101808 \102803
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 22081 \22225 \22470 \22563 \22416 \22395 \22540 \22542 \22475 \22548 \22717 \22705
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 29110 \29579 \29557 \29562 \29121 \29683 \29938 \30396 \30373 \30402 \30782 \30966
445\Food and beverage stores\ 30190 \30138 \30366 \30647 \30643 \30883 \31014 \30929 \30809 \30778 \31017 \30901
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 31286 \31198 \31652 \31848 \31776 \32151 \32284 \32385 \32664 \32417 \32360 \32383
452\General merchandise stores\ 61038 \61142 \61214 \61295 \60421 \61315 \61678 \61679 \61957 \61888 \61715 \61566
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 44424 \44400 \44370 \44286 \43512 \44124 \44422 \44275 \44241 \43915 \43635 \43438
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Trade, total\ 1.79 \1.86 \1.68 \1.66 \1.56 \1.54 \1.55 \1.56 \1.68 \1.69 \1.74 \1.32
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.69 \1.78 \1.64 \1.61 \1.52 \1.55 \1.56 \1.57 \1.7 \1.7 \1.67 \1.16
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 2.07 \2.06 \1.77 \1.78 \1.64 \1.51 \1.51 \1.53 \1.64 \1.64 \1.95 \1.93
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 1.81 \1.91 \1.8 \1.93 \1.83 \1.77 \1.76 \1.73 \1.87 \1.97 \1.85 \1.26
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 2.15 \2.24 \1.9 \1.68 \1.57 \1.58 \1.63 \1.75 \1.71 \1.66 \1.86 \1.81
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.9 \0.97 \0.9 \0.89 \0.84 \0.88 \0.83 \0.85 \0.9 \0.9 \0.94 \0.8
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 3.21 \3.1 \2.85 \2.63 \2.5 \2.7 \2.78 \2.56 \3.1 \2.94 \2.61 \1.33
452\General merchandise stores\ 2.5 \2.51 \2.27 \2.18 \2 \2.09 \2.16 \2.1 \2.46 \2.44 \2.12 \1.19
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 2.94 \2.87 \2.59 \2.47 \2.27 \2.42 \2.52 \2.38 \2.84 \2.8 \2.34 \1.23
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Trade, total\ 1.64 \1.65 \1.65 \1.64 \1.61 \1.6 \1.62 \1.63 \1.63 \1.6 \1.6 \1.6
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.58 \1.58 \1.6 \1.59 \1.57 \1.59 \1.59 \1.59 \1.59 \1.57 \1.57 \1.56
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.81 \1.84 \1.8 \1.76 \1.71 \1.64 \1.72 \1.75 \1.74 \1.69 \1.7 \1.7
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 1.77 \1.78 \1.8 \1.81 \1.8 \1.77 \1.77 \1.75 \1.76 \1.76 \1.74 \1.74
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 1.78 \1.8 \1.79 \1.77 \1.73 \1.78 \1.78 \1.81 \1.78 \1.76 \1.77 \1.75
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.88 \0.88 \0.88 \0.89 \0.89 \0.89 \0.89 \0.89 \0.88 \0.88 \0.88 \0.87
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 2.57 \2.55 \2.59 \2.56 \2.57 \2.57 \2.57 \2.59 \2.68 \2.57 \2.54 \2.54
452\General merchandise stores\ 2.14 \2.13 \2.13 \2.11 \2.08 \2.1 \2.12 \2.11 \2.09 \2.08 \2.05 \2.05
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 2.4 \2.38 \2.39 \2.38 \2.33 \2.37 \2.41 \2.4 \2.37 \2.35 \2.32 \2.31
(1) Inventory estimates are adjusted for seasonal variation and, in the case of sales for holiday and trading day differences. Estimates are\
not adjusted for price changes.\
Note: Estimates exclude food services. Inventory estimates include data for auxilary establishments; for example, warehouses servicing retail stores. Estimates\
are adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes. Cumulative seasonally adjusted sales estimates are not tabulated.\
Information on sample design and estimation procedures can be found on the internet at www.census.gov/mrts/www/ndesign.html. Information on measures of sampling\
variability can be found at \www.census.gov/mrts/www/nrely.html.\