Title: Catalog Sales, Total Sales, Two Mail Order Houses for United States Series ID: M063ABUSM144NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Millions of Dollars Date Range: 1919-01-01 to 1944-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 1:46 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Four Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1911-1919 (2)--Original Data, 1919-1944 (3)--Original Data, 1945-1957 (6)--Original Data, 1956-1959. The Two Mail Order Houses Are Montgomery Ward And Company And Sears, Roebuck And Company. The Survey Of Current Business Begins Its Coverage In 1920; The Standard Statistical Bulletin Presents Identical Coverage Since 1919. Beginning In 1925, Total Sales Include Sales By An Increasing Number Of Retail Stores Owned By The Companies Covered. Source: Data For 1919-March 1920: Standard Statistical Bulletin, January 1932, P. 174; Data For April 1920-1944: Survey Of Current Business, 1932 Annual Supplement And Following Supplements This NBER data series m06003ab appears on the NBER website in Chapter 6 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter06.html. NBER Indicator: m06003ab DATE VALUE 1919-01-01 27.340 1919-02-01 22.880 1919-03-01 23.920 1919-04-01 26.430 1919-05-01 24.140 1919-06-01 22.180 1919-07-01 23.120 1919-08-01 25.400 1919-09-01 30.970 1919-10-01 47.180 1919-11-01 45.260 1919-12-01 45.170 1920-01-01 37.980 1920-02-01 38.790 1920-03-01 38.950 1920-04-01 30.936 1920-05-01 26.025 1920-06-01 25.148 1920-07-01 24.096 1920-08-01 24.023 1920-09-01 24.490 1920-10-01 28.801 1920-11-01 36.446 1920-12-01 29.227 1921-01-01 21.320 1921-02-01 19.465 1921-03-01 27.502 1921-04-01 22.839 1921-05-01 17.560 1921-06-01 17.900 1921-07-01 15.005 1921-08-01 17.960 1921-09-01 21.163 1921-10-01 24.982 1921-11-01 23.767 1921-12-01 24.506 1922-01-01 19.782 1922-02-01 18.198 1922-03-01 23.832 1922-04-01 22.071 1922-05-01 20.855 1922-06-01 19.565 1922-07-01 17.355 1922-08-01 17.709 1922-09-01 21.464 1922-10-01 30.222 1922-11-01 31.201 1922-12-01 32.385 1923-01-01 27.407 1923-02-01 26.178 1923-03-01 32.730 1923-04-01 30.691 1923-05-01 29.261 1923-06-01 24.945 1923-07-01 22.453 1923-08-01 22.335 1923-09-01 26.052 1923-10-01 37.743 1923-11-01 34.528 1923-12-01 35.860 1924-01-01 30.508 1924-02-01 30.468 1924-03-01 31.450 1924-04-01 33.836 1924-05-01 27.404 1924-06-01 26.978 1924-07-01 22.069 1924-08-01 23.809 1924-09-01 31.448 1924-10-01 41.063 1924-11-01 39.541 1924-12-01 46.316 1925-01-01 34.746 1925-02-01 33.756 1925-03-01 35.837 1925-04-01 36.275 1925-05-01 29.529 1925-06-01 30.526 1925-07-01 27.916 1925-08-01 28.749 1925-09-01 34.846 1925-10-01 52.340 1925-11-01 44.618 1925-12-01 53.311 1926-01-01 37.858 1926-02-01 36.268 1926-03-01 40.262 1926-04-01 38.841 1926-05-01 33.724 1926-06-01 34.886 1926-07-01 31.995 1926-08-01 32.272 1926-09-01 37.907 1926-10-01 46.995 1926-11-01 47.869 1926-12-01 53.089 1927-01-01 35.237 1927-02-01 35.150 1927-03-01 4.147 1927-04-01 40.648 1927-05-01 33.742 1927-06-01 36.039 1927-07-01 32.967 1927-08-01 37.795 1927-09-01 40.987 1927-10-01 50.870 1927-11-01 51.229 1927-12-01 59.494 1928-01-01 37.465 1928-02-01 38.392 1928-03-01 41.787 1928-04-01 40.100 1928-05-01 40.074 1928-06-01 44.848 1928-07-01 40.253 1928-08-01 45.994 1928-09-01 50.814 1928-10-01 63.587 1928-11-01 61.628 1928-12-01 74.386 1929-01-01 47.400 1929-02-01 46.396 1929-03-01 53.413 1929-04-01 55.619 1929-05-01 55.006 1929-06-01 57.702 1929-07-01 53.309 1929-08-01 60.088 1929-09-01 63.078 1929-10-01 79.256 1929-11-01 73.697 1929-12-01 90.019 1930-01-01 47.168 1930-02-01 46.696 1930-03-01 47.582 1930-04-01 56.561 1930-05-01 59.350 1930-06-01 54.356 1930-07-01 48.790 1930-08-01 50.682 1930-09-01 54.439 1930-10-01 68.878 1930-11-01 55.713 1930-12-01 72.486 1931-01-01 41.459 1931-02-01 39.422 1931-03-01 43.008 1931-04-01 52.078 1931-05-01 50.070 1931-06-01 49.480 1931-07-01 45.093 1931-08-01 43.004 1931-09-01 45.955 1931-10-01 52.280 1931-11-01 45.898 1931-12-01 58.821 1932-01-01 31.975 1932-02-01 32.581 1932-03-01 33.982 1932-04-01 39.745 1932-05-01 38.718 1932-06-01 39.889 1932-07-01 32.073 1932-08-01 33.777 1932-09-01 39.156 1932-10-01 45.423 1932-11-01 41.281 1932-12-01 51.556 1933-01-01 26.958 1933-02-01 26.194 1933-03-01 27.606 1933-04-01 35.457 1933-05-01 37.923 1933-06-01 38.925 1933-07-01 33.592 1933-08-01 40.060 1933-09-01 43.203 1933-10-01 53.314 1933-11-01 52.265 1933-12-01 61.804 1934-01-01 36.749 1934-02-01 36.016 1934-03-01 43.592 1934-04-01 46.037 1934-05-01 51.071 1934-06-01 46.330 1934-07-01 37.387 1934-08-01 44.134 1934-09-01 52.998 1934-10-01 64.134 1934-11-01 60.595 1934-12-01 76.631 1935-01-01 41.195 1935-02-01 41.573 1935-03-01 54.764 1935-04-01 59.644 1935-05-01 58.105 1935-06-01 58.953 1935-07-01 49.887 1935-08-01 52.402 1935-09-01 59.474 1935-10-01 79.945 1935-11-01 71.777 1935-12-01 90.813 1936-01-01 46.180 1936-02-01 45.435 1936-03-01 60.926 1936-04-01 69.413 1936-05-01 75.219 1936-06-01 76.689 1936-07-01 65.270 1936-08-01 66.325 1936-09-01 80.974 1936-10-01 103.590 1936-11-01 85.993 1936-12-01 118.222 1937-01-01 54.427 1937-02-01 53.831 1937-03-01 78.625 1937-04-01 89.681 1937-05-01 92.627 1937-06-01 89.258 1937-07-01 73.655 1937-08-01 71.254 1937-09-01 90.240 1937-10-01 107.451 1937-11-01 89.813 1937-12-01 116.232 1938-01-01 52.460 1938-02-01 52.214 1938-03-01 71.868 1938-04-01 81.920 1938-05-01 79.613 1938-06-01 79.565 1938-07-01 65.392 1938-08-01 72.783 1938-09-01 87.722 1938-10-01 100.012 1938-11-01 93.510 1938-12-01 125.709 1939-01-01 58.320 1939-02-01 59.865 1939-03-01 85.497 1939-04-01 92.831 1939-05-01 101.936 1939-06-01 98.070 1939-07-01 77.393 1939-08-01 87.257 1939-09-01 107.493 1939-10-01 122.191 1939-11-01 108.095 1939-12-01 148.452 1940-01-01 70.532 1940-02-01 71.366 1940-03-01 89.741 1940-04-01 102.228 1940-05-01 111.883 1940-06-01 106.417 1940-07-01 88.565 1940-08-01 101.512 1940-09-01 111.622 1940-10-01 133.857 1940-11-01 127.938 1940-12-01 166.723 1941-01-01 83.466 1941-02-01 83.832 1941-03-01 110.866 1941-04-01 133.787 1941-05-01 145.359 1941-06-01 131.439 1941-07-01 121.175 1941-08-01 145.519 1941-09-01 145.495 1941-10-01 164.394 1941-11-01 152.308 1941-12-01 204.339 1942-01-01 111.481 1942-02-01 99.640 1942-03-01 131.894 1942-04-01 133.905 1942-05-01 119.117 1942-06-01 117.597 1942-07-01 104.118 1942-08-01 113.447 1942-09-01 142.022 1942-10-01 174.045 1942-11-01 153.406 1942-12-01 193.412 1943-01-01 96.682 1943-02-01 99.300 1943-03-01 118.532 1943-04-01 133.981 1943-05-01 120.845 1943-06-01 121.285 1943-07-01 103.052 1943-08-01 111.041 1943-09-01 133.422 1943-10-01 149.087 1943-11-01 156.922 1943-12-01 167.290 1944-01-01 95.551 1944-02-01 97.662 1944-03-01 132.007 1944-04-01 123.675 1944-05-01 131.971 1944-06-01 123.969 1944-07-01 111.687 1944-08-01 131.234 1944-09-01 153.349 1944-10-01 172.499 1944-11-01 184.434 1944-12-01 196.291