Basic data on margins for men's apparel stores-Retail total1
[All percentages are in terms of net sales unless otherwise indicated]

Basic data on margins for men's apparel stores-Retail total-Continued

2 Combined, using 1939 sales weights. The figures, available only by department, were combined using Dec. 15, 1943, Bureau of Labor Statistics cost-of-living index weights.

Source: National Clothier, April 1944. Survey of Current Business, November 1943 (for sales).

1 Net operating profit before income taxes on sales; net total profit before income taxes on net worth.

Basic data on margins for specialty stores-Retail-Continued

Basic data on margins for specialty stores-Retail-Continued

Source: Operating Results of Department and Specialty Stores, Harvard University.