ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 1995 to December 1995\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 1995\Feb. 1995\Mar. 1995\Apr. 1995\May. 1995\Jun. 1995\Jul. 1995\Aug. 1995\Sep. 1995\Oct. 1995\Nov. 1995\Dec. 1995\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\289053\294190\301504\304803\304085\300834\295609\299874\308930\328960\336971\304896
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\205212\207633\211904\214238\214096\212927\214913\221307\229667\244463\247897\214579
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\154515\157618\162070\164885\164553\162070\154843\155275\158498\167997\174425\165583
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\20724\21068\22060\22562\22577\22037\21789\21864\22051\22439\22156\21762
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\83841\86557\89600\90565\89989\87907\80696\78567\79263\84497\89074\90317
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\22221\21936\22356\22574\22544\22794\22526\23707\25044\26849\28097\24259
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\134538\136572\139434\139918\139532\138764\140766\144599\150432\160963\162546\139313
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\51378\53262\54638\54923\54865\54408\55234\56993\60876\66898\68527\53975
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\40579\42242\43008\43309\43402\42986\43755\45228\48416\53276\54681\43032
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\26968\26560\26718\26596\26477\26575\26628\26613\27078\28075\28578\28192
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\20865\22053\23143\23393\22977\22347\23275\24222\24883\26480\26320\20730
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\297870\299103\301735\303626\305718\306372\304971\308174\308049\310623\312949\309718
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\215619\215899\216292\217297\218542\219549\219113\222328\222644\223482\224529\222304
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\156091\156845\159297\161063\162219\162237\161209\163075\163254\164807\166954\164999
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\21409\21089\21335\21632\21625\21605\21789\22197\22524\22712\22701\22598
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\82251\83204\85443\86329\87176\86823\85858\85846\85405\87141\88420\87414
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\22932\23018\23143\23200\23313\23694\23489\24142\24362\24188\24690\24332
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\141779\142258\142438\142563\143499\144135\143762\145099\144795\145816\145995\144719
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\56038\56718\56423\56211\56694\57279\57188\57523\57353\57879\58233\58087
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\44300\44843\44384\44238\44791\45344\45342\45639\45675\46166\46419\46371
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\26817\26860\26833\26820\26886\26946\27132\27283\27311\27294\27271\27499
56\APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES\23339\23361\23591\23773\23810\23474\23205\23426\23277\23372\23333\22730
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.72\1.78\1.56\1.62\1.5\1.47\1.51\1.46\1.59\1.68\1.65\1.27
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.59\1.66\1.48\1.51\1.41\1.41\1.46\1.44\1.56\1.64\1.55\1.08
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\2.36\2.41\2.04\2.17\1.95\1.87\1.93\1.82\2\2.13\2.21\1.88
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\2.49\2.61\2.12\2.03\1.75\1.77\1.89\1.83\1.93\1.93\2.06\2.15
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\2.13\2.15\1.79\1.95\1.75\1.65\1.66\1.52\1.67\1.8\2\2.13
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.31\2.45\2.23\2.43\2.25\2.23\2.23\2.18\2.36\2.51\2.29\1.55
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.31\1.37\1.22\1.24\1.18\1.18\1.21\1.2\1.31\1.38\1.29\0.91
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.81\2.9\2.46\2.42\2.3\2.27\2.38\2.32\2.63\2.78\2.28\1.25
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.95\3\2.49\2.46\2.37\2.33\2.44\2.36\2.68\2.84\2.3\1.26
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.84\0.88\0.8\0.81\0.77\0.78\0.77\0.78\0.82\0.85\0.85\0.76
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\3.19\3.3\2.68\2.63\2.56\2.52\2.74\2.47\2.67\2.94\2.44\1.34
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.53\1.56\1.57\1.57\1.56\1.55\1.54\1.55\1.55\1.56\1.56\1.53
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.45\1.47\1.47\1.47\1.46\1.47\1.46\1.48\1.47\1.48\1.48\1.45
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\2.02\2.07\2.08\2.09\2.08\2.04\2.02\2.03\2.03\2.05\2.05\2.01
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\1.94\1.95\1.95\2.03\2.02\2.03\2.03\2.05\2.06\2.05\2.02\1.98
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\1.8\1.87\1.89\1.88\1.88\1.82\1.8\1.78\1.78\1.82\1.83\1.79
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.18\2.22\2.24\2.26\2.21\2.23\2.21\2.23\2.23\2.2\2.22\2.2
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.21\1.23\1.23\1.23\1.22\1.22\1.22\1.23\1.22\1.23\1.23\1.2
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.26\2.38\2.32\2.31\2.3\2.3\2.28\2.31\2.27\2.32\2.32\2.3
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.32\2.42\2.35\2.36\2.34\2.34\2.32\2.35\2.32\2.37\2.37\2.36
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.8\0.8\0.81\0.8\0.8\0.8\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81\0.81
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\2.49\2.59\2.56\2.61\2.56\2.54\2.52\2.56\2.45\2.52\2.47\2.4
(1) Data adjusted for seasonal variations, but not for price changes.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.\