Estimates of End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kind of Business:\
1993\
(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. 1993\Feb. 1993\Mar. 1993\Apr. 1993\May 1993\Jun. 1993\Jul. 1993\Aug. 1993\Sep. 1993\Oct. 1993\Nov. 1993\Dec. 1993\
\NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Inventories, total\ 255568 \261121 \269330 \270618 \268755 \266039 \263891 \264033 \272711 \289556 \297576 \274748
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 184950 \187795 \193799 \195419 \194319 \192539 \195649 \198177 \206084 \218860 \222514 \196932
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 70618 \73326 \75531 \75199 \74436 \73500 \68242 \65856 \66627 \70696 \75062 \77816
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 15748 \15351 \15829 \15939 \16017 \16297 \16529 \16850 \17732 \18896 \19729 \18174
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 21119 \21778 \22531 \22609 \22610 \22203 \21807 \21676 \21552 \21895 \22020 \21964
445\Food and beverage stores\ 27567 \27217 \27511 \27563 \27294 \27311 \27087 \26870 \27360 \28405 \28777 \28179
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 25083 \26278 \27136 \27408 \27046 \26759 \28322 \29043 \30125 \31646 \31745 \25938
452\General merchandise stores\ 46686 \48219 \51118 \51797 \51125 \49804 \50889 \52425 \56075 \61210 \62635 \49479
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 35939 \37173 \39324 \39661 \39273 \38133 \38916 \40074 \42759 \46484 \47545 \37545
\ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Inventories, total\ 262444 \265131 \268701 \269086 \269599 \270703 \272052 \271062 \273014 \274346 \276925 \279526
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 193181 \194589 \196801 \197398 \197889 \198455 \199366 \199553 \200650 \201115 \202433 \204233
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 69263 \70542 \71900 \71688 \71710 \72248 \72686 \71509 \72364 \73231 \74492 \75293
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 16037 \16074 \16335 \16466 \16598 \16888 \17200 \17141 \17266 \17225 \17490 \18138
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 21419 \21605 \21727 \21760 \21782 \21918 \21917 \22096 \22150 \22296 \22469 \22667
445\Food and beverage stores\ 27489 \27561 \27670 \27840 \27747 \27678 \27526 \27539 \27530 \27511 \27483 \27558
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 27808 \27807 \27889 \27882 \27969 \28079 \28209 \28115 \28313 \28005 \28193 \28193
452\General merchandise stores\ 50564 \51160 \52425 \52470 \52412 \52399 \52721 \52952 \53039 \53230 \53651 \53700
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 38895 \39295 \40291 \40224 \40156 \40140 \40327 \40438 \40453 \40491 \40776 \40854
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\Retail Trade, total\ 1.86 \1.94 \1.76 \1.7 \1.64 \1.63 \1.6 \1.61 \1.71 \1.76 \1.75 \1.33
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.76 \1.84 \1.7 \1.66 \1.59 \1.6 \1.6 \1.62 \1.73 \1.77 \1.69 \1.17
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 2.19 \2.23 \1.92 \1.83 \1.79 \1.71 \1.58 \1.58 \1.65 \1.75 \1.92 \1.99
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 2.05 \2.13 \1.96 \2.01 \1.97 \1.93 \1.89 \1.92 \2.05 \2.14 \2.02 \1.49
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 2.36 \2.36 \2.03 \1.82 \1.7 \1.68 \1.74 \1.74 \1.77 \1.79 \1.85 \1.89
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.92 \0.97 \0.9 \0.89 \0.85 \0.87 \0.82 \0.86 \0.89 \0.91 \0.93 \0.8
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 3.34 \3.48 \3.09 \2.77 \2.68 \2.77 \2.89 \2.73 \3 \3.05 \2.69 \1.37
452\General merchandise stores\ 2.91 \2.95 \2.68 \2.55 \2.37 \2.42 \2.46 \2.4 \2.72 \2.7 \2.34 \1.25
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 3.23 \3.29 \2.93 \2.78 \2.6 \2.66 \2.71 \2.59 \2.95 \2.91 \2.49 \1.3
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED(1)\
\Retail Trade, total\ 1.66 \1.69 \1.73 \1.69 \1.67 \1.68 \1.67 \1.67 \1.67 \1.66 \1.66 \1.66
44,45 excl. 441\Total excluding  motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.61 \1.62 \1.65 \1.64 \1.62 \1.63 \1.63 \1.63 \1.63 \1.62 \1.62 \1.63
441\Motor vehicle and parts dealers\ 1.83 \1.92 \1.99 \1.87 \1.83 \1.85 \1.8 \1.77 \1.79 \1.79 \1.77 \1.76
442,443\Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliance stores\ 1.91 \1.93 \1.97 \1.94 \1.94 \1.95 \1.95 \1.94 \1.94 \1.94 \1.95 \2.02
444\Building materials, garden equip. and supplies dealers\ 1.88 \1.89 \1.94 \1.9 \1.86 \1.87 \1.85 \1.85 \1.88 \1.87 \1.82 \1.82
445\Food and beverage stores\ 0.88 \0.88 \0.89 \0.89 \0.89 \0.89 \0.88 \0.88 \0.88 \0.88 \0.87 \0.87
448\Clothing and clothing access. stores\ 2.61 \2.74 \2.8 \2.71 \2.69 \2.68 \2.66 \2.69 \2.69 \2.67 \2.69 \2.69
452\General merchandise stores\ 2.36 \2.39 \2.46 \2.42 \2.39 \2.39 \2.36 \2.37 \2.36 \2.35 \2.35 \2.34
4521\Department stores (excl. L.D.)\ 2.55 \2.6 \2.67 \2.63 \2.59 \2.59 \2.56 \2.57 \2.56 \2.53 \2.55 \2.55
(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.\