Seasonal Adjustment Factors for Retail Inventories by Kind of Business

   NAICS           Kind of Business                              Feb 12  Mar 12  Apr 12  May 12  Jun 12  Jul 12  Aug 12  Sep 12  Oct 12  Nov 12  Dec 12  Jan 13  Feb 13  Mar 13  Apr 13  May 13  Jun 13
   code
           Retail Inventories, total                              0.983   1.000   1.001   0.991   0.985   0.973   0.980   1.006   1.051   1.063   0.983   0.980   0.987   1.000   1.001   0.991   0.986
       441 Motor vehicle and parts dealers                        1.017   1.028   1.036   1.017   1.004   0.962   0.957   0.958   0.997   1.019   1.006   1.009   1.020   1.027   1.029   1.009   1.002
   442,443 Furniture, home furn, electronics, and appliances      0.937   0.951   0.972   0.973   0.985   0.982   0.981   1.006   1.094   1.134   0.999   0.975   0.942   0.951   0.971   0.974   0.985
       444 Building mat. and garden equip. and supplies dealers   1.016   1.063   1.072   1.047   1.010   0.982   0.979   0.981   0.981   0.959   0.940   0.973   1.017   1.063   1.073   1.047   1.010
       445 Food and beverage stores                               0.982   0.993   0.985   0.990   0.992   0.982   0.979   1.000   1.030   1.051   1.015   0.999   0.983   0.993   0.986   0.991   0.993
       448 Clothing and clothing access. stores                   0.961   0.979   0.967   0.962   0.974   0.991   1.022   1.065   1.105   1.098   0.936   0.938   0.965   0.978   0.962   0.963   0.977
       452 General merchandise stores                             0.944   0.975   0.973   0.965   0.955   0.954   0.980   1.051   1.149   1.161   0.961   0.942   0.947   0.976   0.979   0.971   0.957
      4521 Department stores (excl. L.D.)                         0.935   0.963   0.964   0.953   0.934   0.947   0.979   1.071   1.203   1.193   0.939   0.928   0.937   0.964   0.971   0.959   0.938
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Note:  Estimates are adjusted for seasonal variations.  Each month, new factors are developed using the latest estimates and applied to the not adjusted preliminary and final estimates and to the
estimates of the previous year that correspond to the preliminary month.  Adjustment factors are not included in this table for those kinds of business for which adjusted estimates are not shown
separately.  Adjusted inventory data are obtained by dividing the not adjusted data by the adjustment factors above for the corresponding kind of business.  Adjusted estimates for the summary 
trade totals are obtained by summarizing the adjusted estimates for the individual kind of business.  The options used to derive factors for each kind of business were selected during the last
benchmarking operation and will not be subject to modification until the next benchmarking operation.  These options are available upon request.
 
SOURCE: MONTHLY RETAIL TRADE SURVEY
        RETAIL INDICATORS BRANCH
        U.S. CENSUS BUREAU


Last Revised: May 13, 2013