us department of commerce economics and statistics administration census bureau issued march 2004 bw 03 a c u r e n t b s i p o ts detailed summary for wholesale sales inventories purchases nnu al benchm ar k epor f or wholes ale ade januar y 1 9 2 hr ou gh december 0 3 acknowledgments anne russell assistant division chief service sector retail indicator programs directed the preparation this report john trimble annual special projects branch nancy piesto monthly surveys supervised planning implementation compilation with assistance from janet andreas ana arredondo patsy borgstede gary buffington nicole clark eleanor daniels stacy furukawa lou garner vicki garrett mariana gerzanych siretta kelly howard krakower barbara lazirko marian martin michael mcelhatten betty mcqueen antwain merriweather randy moore eddie moy edward murphy linda olds sylvia owens jack rivetti brian schwartz matt shepley jean swann jeffrey tackett turner wilson johnny zuagar ruth detlefsen research