1.   Automotive and furniture dealers reported the bulk of the increase in unsold retail goods, Commerce Department figures showed.

2.   Auto dealers report steady demand.

3.   Car dealers reported strong traffic in early October after several slow weeks in September.

4.   Dealers did report scarcities of some popular models, but they were not the result of overtaxed assembly lines.

5.   Dealers reported that inventory shortages could prevent them from taking advantage of strong demand in coming months.

6.   Dealers do not report a lot of basic information back to manufacturers, like the color of vehicles sold or the prices paid.

7.   Dealers report that during the last two summers it has been the browsers who have disappeared, not the collectors.

8.   Dealers reported, however, that the gold price dipped Wednesday after the announcement.

9.   Dealers everywhere report keen consumer interest in new and older films on DVD and an increasingly strong inclination to rent disks as one would videocassettes.

10.   Despite the threat, local dealers reported no dramatic increase Wednesday in sales traffic.