ESTIMATED END-OF-MONTH RETAIL INVENTORIES AND INVENTORIES/SALES RATIOS, BY KINDS OF BUSINESS:\
January 1981 to December 1981\
(DATA IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS) \
SIC  Code\Kind of Business\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, NOT ADJUSTED\
\\Jan. 1981\Feb. 1981\Mar. 1981\Apr. 1981\May. 1981\Jun. 1981\Jul. 1981\Aug. 1981\Sep. 1981\Oct. 1981\Nov. 1981\Dec. 1981\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\117187\119835\123141\124320\125212\126687\128405\128623\131850\137959\140977\129073
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\91113\94016\97583\97897\97917\98419\99837\102235\105893\110961\113107\100936
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\55863\56401\57064\57938\59142\60098\60357\58781\58796\60927\62259\60261
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\9448\9816\10299\10365\10598\10462\10233\10214\10115\10142\10135\9793
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\26074\25819\25558\26423\27295\28268\28568\26388\25957\26998\27870\28137
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\9062\9260\9522\9506\9592\9642\9542\9658\9743\10129\10233\9687
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\61324\63434\66077\66382\66070\66589\68048\69842\73054\77032\78718\68812
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\20445\21693\23208\23641\23693\24088\24653\25598\27495\29745\30059\23509
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\14846\15711\16858\17384\17510\17626\17982\18695\20222\22021\22541\17544
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\13262\13651\14050\14052\13979\13970\14061\14100\14451\14942\15273\14866
56\APPAREL & ACCESSORY STORES\9870\10417\10896\10969\10804\10928\11437\12003\12571\13165\13480\11598
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL INVENTORIES, TOTAL\122161\122907\123570\124534\125519\127316\130059\129689\130421\131137\132741\132719
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\96342\97535\98783\98738\99236\99933\101187\101758\102656\103426\104689\104693
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\56561\56494\56462\57278\58075\59281\60952\60305\60175\60512\61031\61050
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\9781\9826\10028\10034\10230\10217\10213\10214\10238\10307\10363\10180
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\25819\25372\24787\25796\26283\27383\28872\27931\27765\27711\28052\28026
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\9285\9459\9638\9651\9679\9642\9658\9639\9618\9730\9764\9795
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\65600\66413\67108\67256\67444\68035\69107\69384\70246\70625\71710\71669
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\23388\23616\23840\23925\24106\24646\24948\25116\25636\25982\26053\25951
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\17025\17114\17273\17454\17705\18059\18330\18510\18970\19283\19382\19279
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\13391\13789\14029\14099\14103\14014\14328\14442\14607\14571\14614\14649
56\APPAREL AND ACCESSORY STORES\10822\11012\11006\11113\11184\11348\11623\11687\11782\11903\12221\12234
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS NOT ADJUSTED\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.53\1.62\1.47\1.46\1.44\1.45\1.46\1.44\1.54\1.56\1.62\1.22
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.43\1.57\1.45\1.41\1.37\1.39\1.39\1.42\1.51\1.51\1.54\1.1
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\2.43\2.39\2.05\2.12\2.17\2.09\2.11\2.03\2.14\2.26\2.43\2.08
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\2.73\2.84\2.49\2.24\2.17\2.06\2.12\2.17\2.2\2.22\2.46\2.6
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\2.01\1.85\1.52\1.68\1.78\1.74\1.74\1.56\1.67\1.8\2.06\2.09
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.48\2.72\2.52\2.6\2.58\2.49\2.49\2.42\2.48\2.54\2.51\1.94
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.14\1.26\1.18\1.14\1.11\1.14\1.14\1.16\1.26\1.25\1.28\0.9
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.96\3.19\2.73\2.5\2.44\2.53\2.72\2.6\2.93\2.85\2.51\1.24
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.75\2.94\2.49\2.33\2.27\2.32\2.5\2.38\2.69\2.65\2.37\1.17
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.69\0.78\0.75\0.73\0.69\0.71\0.68\0.71\0.75\0.73\0.79\0.69
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\2.65\3.16\2.8\2.44\2.56\2.66\2.82\2.57\2.84\2.76\2.8\1.54
\INVENTORIES/SALES, RATIOS ADJUSTED 1/\
\RETAIL TRADE, TOTAL\1.44\1.43\1.43\1.45\1.47\1.48\1.5\1.47\1.48\1.51\1.53\1.53
\TOTAL (EXCL. AUTOMOTIVE GROUP)\1.38\1.38\1.39\1.39\1.4\1.4\1.41\1.42\1.43\1.44\1.46\1.46
\DURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\2.1\2.05\2.03\2.15\2.21\2.23\2.25\2.14\2.16\2.28\2.3\2.31
52\BUILDING MATERIALS GROUP STORES\2.13\2.1\2.2\2.24\2.33\2.33\2.37\2.39\2.39\2.49\2.46\2.51
55 EX 554\AUTOMOTIVE GROUP\1.72\1.64\1.58\1.75\1.83\1.87\1.9\1.71\1.74\1.86\1.89\1.87
57\FURNITURE GROUP STORES\2.35\2.41\2.43\2.47\2.48\2.46\2.5\2.44\2.41\2.5\2.52\2.59
\NONDURABLE GOODS, TOTAL\1.13\1.14\1.14\1.13\1.14\1.14\1.16\1.16\1.17\1.17\1.2\1.19
53\GENERAL MERCHANDISE GROUP STORES\2.45\2.43\2.44\2.39\2.45\2.43\2.47\2.47\2.52\2.56\2.57\2.55
531\DEPT. STORES (EXCL. LEASED DEPTS.)\2.27\2.23\2.23\2.19\2.27\2.24\2.28\2.3\2.33\2.4\2.4\2.38
54\FOOD GROUP STORES\0.69\0.72\0.73\0.72\0.72\0.71\0.73\0.73\0.74\0.73\0.73\0.73
56\APPAREL AND  ACCESSORY STORES\2.44\2.46\2.48\2.49\2.56\2.54\2.56\2.56\2.57\2.6\2.72\2.69
(1) Data adjusted for seasonal variations, but not for price changes.\
 
Note:  U.S. and group totals include kinds of business not shown.\