"c VAR 0229 06003 CAT LOG 3R 919-944 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0229 LOC 2022 WIDTH 9 DK 32 COL 71-79 " "c EXP DEC= 3 " "c " "c CATALOG SALES, TOTAL SALES, TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES " "c ------------------------------------------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 06003 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1919-12/1944 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: DATA FOR 1919-MARCH 1920: STANDARD STATISTICAL " "c BULLETIN, JANUARY 1932, P. 174; DATA FOR APRIL 1920-1944: " "c SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, 1932 ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT AND " "c FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS " "c " "c NOTES: SERIES 06003 IS PRESENTED HERE AS FOUR " "c VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1911-1919 (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1919-1944 (3)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1945-1957 (6)--ORIGINAL DATA, " "c 1956-1959. " "c THE TWO MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE MONTGOMERY WARD AND " "c COMPANY AND SEARS, ROEBUCK AND COMPANY. THE SURVEY OF " "c CURRENT BUSINESS BEGINS ITS COVERAGE IN 1920; THE STANDARD " "c STATISTICAL BULLETIN PRESENTS IDENTICAL COVERAGE SINCE 1919. " "c BEGINNING IN 1925, TOTAL SALES INCLUDE SALES BY AN " "c INCREASING NUMBER OF RETAIL STORES OWNED BY THE COMPANIES " "c COVERED. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/3/94. " "c " "c ............................................................... " -12 1919.01 1944.12 27.3400 22.8800 23.9200 26.4300 24.1400 22.1800 23.1200 25.4000 30.9700 47.1800 45.2600 45.1700 37.9800 38.7900 38.9500 30.9360 26.0250 25.1480 24.0960 24.0230 24.4900 28.8010 36.4460 29.2270 21.3200 19.4650 27.5020 22.8390 17.5600 17.9000 15.0050 17.9600 21.1630 24.9820 23.7670 24.5060 19.7820 18.1980 23.8320 22.0710 20.8550 19.5650 17.3550 17.7090 21.4640 30.2220 31.2010 32.3850 27.4070 26.1780 32.7300 30.6910 29.2610 24.9450 22.4530 22.3350 26.0520 37.7430 34.5280 35.8600 30.5080 30.4680 31.4500 33.8360 27.4040 26.9780 22.0690 23.8090 31.4480 41.0630 39.5410 46.3160 34.7460 33.7560 35.8370 36.2750 29.5290 30.5260 27.9160 28.7490 34.8460 52.3400 44.6180 53.3110 37.8580 36.2680 40.2620 38.8410 33.7240 34.8860 31.9950 32.2720 37.9070 46.9950 47.8690 53.0890 35.2370 35.1500 4.14700 40.6480 33.7420 36.0390 32.9670 37.7950 40.9870 50.8700 51.2290 59.4940 37.4650 38.3920 41.7870 40.1000 40.0740 44.8480 40.2530 45.9940 50.8140 63.5870 61.6280 74.3860 47.4000 46.3960 53.4130 55.6190 55.0060 57.7020 53.3090 60.0880 63.0780 79.2560 73.6970 90.0190 47.1680 46.6960 47.5820 56.5610 59.3500 54.3560 48.7900 50.6820 54.4390 68.8780 55.7130 72.4860 41.4590 39.4220 43.0080 52.0780 50.0700 49.4800 45.0930 43.0040 45.9550 52.2800 45.8980 58.8210 31.9750 32.5810 33.9820 39.7450 38.7180 39.8890 32.0730 33.7770 39.1560 45.4230 41.2810 51.5560 26.9580 26.1940 27.6060 35.4570 37.9230 38.9250 33.5920 40.0600 43.2030 53.3140 52.2650 61.8040 36.7490 36.0160 43.5920 46.0370 51.0710 46.3300 37.3870 44.1340 52.9980 64.1340 60.5950 76.6310 41.1950 41.5730 54.7640 59.6440 58.1050 58.9530 49.8870 52.4020 59.4740 79.9450 71.7770 90.8130 46.1800 45.4350 60.9260 69.4130 75.2190 76.6890 65.2700 66.3250 80.9740 103.590 85.9930 118.222 54.4270 53.8310 78.6250 89.6810 92.6270 89.2580 73.6550 71.2540 90.2400 107.451 89.8130 116.232 52.4600 52.2140 71.8680 81.9200 79.6130 79.5650 65.3920 72.7830 87.7220 100.012 93.5100 125.709 58.3200 59.8650 85.4970 92.8310 101.936 98.0700 77.3930 87.2570 107.493 122.191 108.095 148.452 70.5320 71.3660 89.7410 102.228 111.883 106.417 88.5650 101.512 111.622 133.857 127.938 166.723 83.4660 83.8320 110.866 133.787 145.359 131.439 121.175 145.519 145.495 164.394 152.308 204.339 111.481 99.6400 131.894 133.905 119.117 117.597 104.118 113.447 142.022 174.045 153.406 193.412 96.6820 99.3000 118.532 133.981 120.845 121.285 103.052 111.041 133.422 149.087 156.922 167.290 95.5510 97.6620 132.007 123.675 131.971 123.969 111.687 131.234 153.349 172.499 184.434 196.291