GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1992 19848 20213 20230 20180 20277 20305 20126 20594 20739 20845 21119 21802 1993 21389 21397 21343 21651 21940 21949 22294 22323 22443 22662 22841 22930 1994 22785 23076 23459 23433 23208 23598 23627 23906 24015 24321 24393 24616 1995 24963 24123 24604 24671 24836 25148 25407 25132 25592 25136 25400 25533 1996 25296 25602 25612 26076 26163 26095 26256 26518 26602 26900 26810 27049 1997 27214 27241 27286 27190 27351 27430 27918 28024 27867 28160 28157 28045 1998 28486 28732 28735 29047 29084 29226 29076 29283 29631 29769 30103 30070 1999 30703 30995 31348 31015 31242 31622 31573 31805 32152 32098 32238 33048 2000 32286 32518 33077 32804 33437 33362 33636 33841 34219 34295 34441 34728 2001 35679 34646 34160 35211 35174 35152 35679 35912 35823 36302 36669 37114 2002 36817 37091 37049 37539 37032 37432 37149 37299 37022 37778 37754 37715 2003 37691 38165 38388 38137 38357 38833 39302 40085 39944 39710 40045 40235 2004 40984 40869 41462 40942 41850 41213 41688 41735 42196 42518 42694 43113 2005 43336 43692 43336 44018 44036 44492 44439 44651 44997 45351 45438 45302 SEASONAL FACTORS YEAR JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1992 0.756 0.795 0.889 0.936 0.991 0.929 0.928 0.994 0.903 1.006 1.183 1.714 1993 0.752 0.766 0.891 0.939 0.980 0.939 0.930 0.980 0.919 1.000 1.171 1.732 1994 0.746 0.768 0.927 0.910 0.966 0.959 0.929 0.983 0.923 0.989 1.176 1.713 1995 0.743 0.772 0.914 0.934 0.973 0.965 0.927 0.993 0.915 0.974 1.183 1.691 1996 0.748 0.814 0.921 0.912 1.001 0.963 0.918 1.007 0.908 0.981 1.166 1.637 1997 0.779 0.791 0.940 0.898 1.003 0.961 0.931 1.003 0.895 0.991 1.156 1.613 1998 0.789 0.801 0.908 0.945 1.004 0.951 0.943 0.990 0.901 0.985 1.142 1.615 1999 0.797 0.808 0.932 0.930 0.996 0.958 0.944 0.976 0.915 0.977 1.124 1.623 2000 0.798 0.835 0.942 0.946 0.984 0.976 0.937 0.985 0.908 0.956 1.148 1.599 2001 0.796 0.823 0.944 0.944 0.994 0.969 0.931 1.002 0.902 0.954 1.145 1.564 2002 0.814 0.833 0.976 0.903 1.008 0.968 0.933 1.002 0.894 0.968 1.131 1.525 2003 0.836 0.844 0.944 0.938 1.010 0.960 0.947 0.997 0.881 0.984 1.123 1.503 2004 0.846 0.888 0.926 0.965 0.996 0.953 0.961 0.973 0.902 0.984 1.099 1.521 2005 0.846 0.859 0.961 0.938 0.981 0.972 0.958 0.969 0.902 0.984 1.108 1.504 2006 0.834 0.862 0.948 0.965 0.983 0.975 0.952 0.980 0.902 0.972 1.129 1.494 2007 0.836 0.864 0.948 0.957 0.993 0.973 0.938 0.996 0.902 0.973 1.129 1.481