If the item is out of stock, such customers need not be backlogged or lost; otherwise they move to an orbit and may retry from there.
As of Nov. 30, Shaw's backlog of unfilled orders totaled $14.8 billion, in line with the year-ago period when its backlog was $14.0 billion.
Beijing flashed a regulatory red light at new stock listings last summer, and since then, the backlog of applications for companies waiting to list on the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets has grown to nearly 900.
A backlog of work will build up, leading to a deterioration in the quality of housing stock and tenants' living conditions.
The stock of existing homes, relative to monthly demand, remains high and the backlog of new homes is rising.
These separate not-for-profit companies were considered to manage housing stock more effectively than many councils, who had racked up a £19bn backlog of repairs and maintenance ahead of the 2010 decent homes deadline.
A favorite stock is Gulfstream, the manufacturer of executive jets, which has an order backlog of over $3 billion.
The government is concerned about the health of its stock market, so has largely halted the IPO process, leading to a backlog of about 1,000 firms at one stage waiting for permission.
The stock of homes for sale fell by 4.2% in the month leaving a backlog of 8.8 months' worth of sales on the market.
On the residential front, home-building stocks are still racking up significant gains, as they work off a backlog of orders for new homes.
Back then, when the backlog of unsold buyout loans was far higher than it is now, worries that the deal would fall through pushed the stock as low as $32.94.
