And inventories held by newspapers and other users are low.

Lean retailing itself implies a dramatic reduction in the amount of inventory held by retail enterprises.

The amount of inventories held on shelves and backlots totaled a seasonally adjusted $812.47 billion.

During the 1980s, however, the amount of inventory held by Federated ballooned while it faced bankruptcy.

They could also access smaller inventories held at 120 other TIP sites.

Still, analysts said, one mitigating factor against further price increases might be the high level of commercial inventories held in consuming countries.

The increase was led by a 1.1 percent rise in inventories held by manufacturers.

Analysts were surprised by the lower imports because an earlier report showed a big jump in inventories held by wholesalers for the month.

This law exempts inventory held for sale from property taxes.

And more recently, he said, the company had been warning that profits might not meet earlier expectations because inventories held by wholesalers were on the increase.