Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade

By Holmes, James F.

Book Id: WPLBN0000596252
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 598,469 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade
Author:	Holmes, James F.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Census., Census report
Collections:	U.S. Census Bureau Collection
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Publisher:	U.S. Census Bureau Department


Citation APA MLA Chicago Holmes, J. F. (n.d.). Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Description
Statistical Reference Document

Excerpt
Excerpt: Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Sales: January 1988 Through December 1997 This publication contains the following retail trade estimates: x Annual and monthly sales by retail stores at the National level. x End-of-year and end-of-month inventory values. x Inventories/Sales ratios. x Annual purchases and gross margin levels. x Gross margin, as a percent of sales. x Accounts receivables owed to retail stores. x Per capita sales.

Table of Contents
Contents TEXT Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Revisions to Previously Published Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Revisions of Sales and Inventories: 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Definition of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii TABLES 1. Estimated Monthly Retail Sales by Kinds of Business, Unadjusted and Adjusted: January 1988 to December 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Estimated End-of-Month Retail Inventories and Inventories/Sales Ratios by Kinds of Business: January 1988 Through December 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3. Estimated Purchases by Kinds of Business: 1988 Through 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4. Estimated Gross Margin by Kinds of Business: 1988 Through 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 5. Estimated Gross Margin as Percent of Sales by Kinds of Business: 1988 Through 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6. Estimated Accounts Receivable of Retail Stores by Type of Account and Kinds of Business: End of Year 1996 and 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7. Estimated Per Capita Sales by Selected Kinds of Business: 1988 to 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . 35 APPENDIXES A. Explanatory Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 B. Kind-of-Business Classifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1