Mr. Macklin estimates it is now selling about 6 percent of its inventory every month.

Its 45 million square feet of vacant space - about 27 percent of its total inventory - represents an 18- to 25-year supply.

Such retailers take a bigger hit from sluggish apparel sales because about 80 percent of their inventory is clothing.

Some 70 percent of its inventory was made up of nationally known brands.

That section requires that no more than 40 percent of an establishment's inventory and space be used for what the industry calls adult entertainment.

The rest will have to move or reduce the number of X-rated items they sell to no more than 40 percent of their inventory.

Typically, the broadcast networks sell as much as 75 to 80 percent of their commercial inventory before the season starts.

Still, 84 percent of its total inventory is made up of residential properties, mainly in Texas.

Companies would not be allowed to cut more than 2 percent of their inventory each year.

With 50 percent of the world's inventory of softwood, she said, Siberia could in time be a major competitor on the world market.