Retailing Shows Its Trends.

The article reports on the comparison of 1929 and 1933 retail census figures indicating shifts in regional distribution of trade and the impact of newcomers in filling depression gaps in the U.S. It mentions the potential of new retailers to counteract the negative effect brought by economic depression given the preliminary totals of the 1933 and 1929 figures. It shows that retailers have suffered less than the wholesalers with 47.7% decline in 1929 compared with 55.9% drop in wholesale volume.