ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 2000 to December 2000\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 2000\Feb. 2000\Mar. 2000\Apr. 2000\May. 2000\Jun. 2000\Jul. 2000\Aug. 2000\Sep. 2000\Oct. 2000\Nov. 2000\Dec. 2000\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\ 364296 \369233 \377701 \380764 \381221 \381703 \372738 \379775 \391214 \416056 \425918 \393550
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 251651 \255571 \261742 \262679 \263208 \262127 \263769 \269559 \279227 \297656 \302230 \266949
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 201842 \203974 \209735 \213755 \213708 \215180 \204463 \207200 \210331 \223295 \230823 \222685
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 28426 \29880 \31194 \32443 \32239 \31568 \30946 \30911 \30869 \30805 \30596 \29834
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 112645 \113662 \115959 \118085 \118013 \119576 \108969 \110216 \111987 \118400 \123688 \126601
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 24929 \24834 \25845 \26067 \25725 \26113 \26126 \26448 \26790 \29565 \31448 \26786
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 162454 \165259 \167966 \167009 \167513 \166523 \168275 \172575 \180883 \192761 \195095 \170865
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 58429 \60073 \61239 \61282 \61138 \60191 \60446 \62444 \67196 \74298 \75936 \59679
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 47283 \48858 \49828 \49799 \49725 \48545 \48652 \50347 \54207 \60588 \62262 \48147
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 31993 \31483 \31761 \31561 \31494 \31017 \30704 \30635 \31379 \32641 \33008 \32507
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\ 22833 \24262 \25346 \25402 \25412 \25282 \26737 \27709 \28930 \30679 \30579 \25216
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\ 373833 \375292 \375653 \376933 \382612 \386931 \386496 \391797 \392452 \395819 \397672 \398552
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 263119 \265021 \265793 \265509 \268439 \269446 \269202 \271301 \271919 \274016 \275106 \275858
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 204388 \204444 \204946 \206841 \210216 \214153 \214124 \218203 \217872 \219794 \221444 \221638
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 29549 \29970 \30081 \30723 \30762 \30888 \31039 \31350 \31467 \31370 \31510 \31175
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 110714 \110271 \109860 \111424 \114173 \117485 \117294 \120496 \120533 \121803 \122566 \122694
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 26076 \26252 \26617 \26464 \26741 \27004 \26823 \26851 \26525 \26902 \27394 \27084
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 169445 \170848 \170707 \170092 \172396 \172778 \172372 \173594 \174580 \176025 \176228 \176914
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 63140 \63397 \63073 \62705 \63332 \63539 \63072 \63361 \63588 \64334 \64230 \64151
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 51283 \51592 \51211 \50867 \51369 \51370 \50838 \51166 \51528 \52412 \52277 \51883
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 31724 \31752 \31889 \32001 \32059 \31612 \31451 \31522 \31650 \31629 \31440 \31733
56\APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES\ 25398 \25620 \25758 \25841 \26252 \26363 \26551 \26824 \27012 \27222 \27303 \27589
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\ 1.58 \1.51 \1.38 \1.46 \1.37 \1.38 \1.39 \1.36 \1.48 \1.56 \1.56 \1.24
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 1.47 \1.43 \1.32 \1.35 \1.28 \1.29 \1.32 \1.3 \1.41 \1.48 \1.42 \1.03
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 2.13 \1.93 \1.77 \1.97 \1.77 \1.81 \1.83 \1.76 \1.92 \2.08 \2.2 \1.91
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 2.5 \2.47 \1.99 \1.99 \1.68 \1.78 \1.9 \1.88 \2.02 \1.95 \2.12 \2.21
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 1.93 \1.7 \1.55 \1.79 \1.61 \1.63 \1.6 \1.52 \1.68 \1.83 \2.07 \2.2
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 1.88 \1.85 \1.81 \1.97 \1.85 \1.92 \1.91 \1.8 \1.92 \2.16 \2.02 \1.36
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.2 \1.19 \1.08 \1.1 \1.06 \1.06 \1.08 \1.07 \1.17 \1.22 \1.16 \0.85
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 2.29 \2.2 \1.96 \1.95 \1.84 \1.85 \1.92 \1.86 \2.15 \2.28 \1.89 \1.08
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 2.39 \2.32 \2.07 \2.02 \1.93 \1.95 \2.01 \1.94 \2.25 \2.41 \1.97 \1.09
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 0.86 \0.86 \0.8 \0.79 \0.77 \0.76 \0.74 \0.74 \0.78 \0.82 \0.81 \0.72
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\ 2.8 \2.65 \2.24 \2.2 \2.19 \2.27 \2.47 \2.16 \2.47 \2.62 \2.26 \1.32
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\ 1.42 \1.41 \1.4 \1.41 \1.43 \1.44 \1.43 \1.45 \1.44 \1.45 \1.47 \1.47
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\ 1.34 \1.33 \1.32 \1.32 \1.33 \1.33 \1.32 \1.33 \1.33 \1.33 \1.34 \1.35
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.84 \1.81 \1.82 \1.86 \1.9 \1.93 \1.92 \1.96 \1.94 \1.97 \2.01 \2.01
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\ 1.93 \1.97 \1.86 \1.99 \1.98 \2.02 \2.03 \2.05 \2.09 \2.05 \2.07 \2.03
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\ 1.65 \1.62 \1.63 \1.68 \1.73 \1.77 \1.74 \1.8 \1.78 \1.81 \1.85 \1.85
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\ 1.83 \1.82 \1.84 \1.81 \1.84 \1.88 \1.86 \1.85 \1.83 \1.85 \1.91 \1.93
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\ 1.12 \1.11 \1.09 \1.09 \1.1 \1.1 \1.08 \1.09 \1.09 \1.09 \1.1 \1.1
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\ 1.91 \1.91 \1.89 \1.88 \1.89 \1.89 \1.85 \1.85 \1.85 \1.87 \1.88 \1.89
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\ 1.97 \1.99 \1.97 \1.96 \1.96 \1.97 \1.92 \1.92 \1.93 \1.97 \1.97 \1.96
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\ 0.82 \0.81 \0.8 \0.8 \0.8 \0.78 \0.78 \0.78 \0.78 \0.78 \0.77 \0.77
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\ 2.24 \2.2 \2.18 \2.2 \2.22 \2.26 \2.27 \2.25 \2.24 \2.24 \2.27 \2.27
(1) Data adjusted for seasonal variations, but not for price changes.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.\