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r>, .v. %; yuiur jJJJb- u-JLAIj ^ / - / O ' O / r ^ / - y NOT FOR. PUBLICATION dm;jJLL WEbiUZ REPORT ON DEPARTfc^T STORiS SAIES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY" S a l e s i n s e l e c t e d departments ' nj' Department w GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2 / February 17, 1953 / f! Percentage change from a y e a r ago Weekly unadjusted indexes Monthly un'M^ugted indexes (19itl a v e r , weekly sales=100' (19l*l average m o n t h l y — 100) k weeks One week ending -v ending 1951 1952 1953 1951 Feb. 71 Jan. 311 Jan. 241 J a n . 17 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 JJan.31 Jan, 24 Jan. 17 Jan. Dec. |Nov. (Oct. I Feb. |Jan. Dec. (Nov. Oct. 0 + 2 *1 0 0 182 rl8l 177 188 el82 pU03 252* 246 l6i* 181 371 270 238 F u r n i t u r e & bedding + h 4r 8 0 - 5 + 1 289 r298 28h 25U e228 p209 228 22*7 230 221 192 221 216 Domestic f l , cov'gs - 5 - 1 + h 0 2 208 r208 215 222* el85 pl8ii 22 9 251 176 188 187 22*6 268 0 + 9 +15 + 1 + h 192 190 211 206 e200 p210 210 256 166 193 199 222 298 -12 r- 5 — 6 +1 - 7 3U5 327 339 391 e 3 l 3 p699 2*59 2*76 290 352* 718 565 5i*o 1 + U + 2 - 3 0 260 262 261 253 e225 p256 2i*9 273 213 222 22*6 265 290 + 1 + 1 0 0 0 173 rl72 167 181 el77 251 2k2 158 177 389 270 232 Major appliances Radio,phonograph,TV 1 / T o t a l of I4 d e p t s . 1 / ALL OTHER SALES 3 / pU23 l / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s c a t e g o r y are not r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; t h e y a r e shovm here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with departmental changes, 2/ Figures a r e based on t h e abbreviated sample described i n note below and a r e presented here s o l e l y to permit comparisons with departmental changes. For weekly movements of t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s , r e f e r t o the r e g u l a r weekly s a l e s r e p o r t H.8 (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) . Note:—Total n a t i o n a l sample I s comprised of some 115 s t o r e s ( v a r i e s s l i g h t l y among departments) of the approximately 350 s t o r e s r e g u l a r l y r e p o r t i n g monthly departmental f i g u r e s . Page 2 Major household appliances F u r n i t u r e and bedding Domestic f l o o r coverings Z* weeks Z* weeks Z* weeks One week ending One week ending One -week ending ending ending ending Feb. 7 J a n . 3 1 Jan.2b Jan.17 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Jan. 31 J a n . 21* Jan. 17 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Jan. 31 Jan. 21* Jan. 17 Feb. 7 + 1 0 +15 + 9 + 1* 0 - 2 + 1 + 1* 0 - 1 + 8 - 5 - 5 . t. ^ +1*8 +70 +26 +28 +72 +22 0 + 2 -16 +56 + 1 + 2 +1*9 -11* +23 +26 —16 -28 - 5 1 1 5 — 1 - 8 -18 6 6 r—10 + 9 7 - 7 -13 2 0 -38 -10 0 9 2 6 +1*2 1 1 * +2l* 5 -38 — 3 — 6 1 * -18 -15 2 3 +19 + 9 +15 + 3 -13 + 9 2 5 -33 - 5 United S t a t e s 0>ston Irew York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis - 9 +19 + 9 - 5 + Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San Francisco -12 +27 +21*. +18 +20 r- 9 +U7 +15 8 2 3 2 -16 +20 -11 - 8 -10 +21 -20 -1U + 1* +11 - 8 -18 +12 + 1 +52 + 1 +13 - 2 - 2 -28 +10 + 8 -10 - 5 + 3 -26 +21 + 2 +1*6 + 9 +19 -39 -23 +11* +11 — 8 +18 - 1* +1*6 -11 - 1 +21 r-30 +56 - 2 +28 0 +35 - 5 +ii* -21 -30 +10 +11* -18 +66 —16 + 7 + 2 +1 - 8 -18 -39 +58 +10 -26 + 9 + 6 +10 + 9 0 +17 +13 +15 -38 r+100 +106 - 5 Radios,phonographs,television,etc. T o t a l of 1* departments' 1* weeks h weeks One -week ending One "week ending ending ending |, 17 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 J a n . 3 1 Jan. 21* Jan. 17 Feb. 7 Feb. 7 Jan. 31. | Jan. 21* Jan. + 2 - 3 -12 + 1 0 — 6 + 1* - 1 r- 5 - 7 -11 -10 + 0 - 1 + 2 +21* +13 +17 + 7 - 5 - 8 -1*1* - 1 -21* -11 -10 - 8 -36 +13 -13 -10 -18 +15 -1*2 +22 — 7 -33 - 7 - 7 -33 —1*6 -10 0 — 7 —1*2 - 1* -27 -32 - 9 - 5 United S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Thicago S t . Louis +32 +25 - 8 —26 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For f'-x , see -21 +10 +38 +62 NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL WEEKIZ REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS Sales i n Selected Departments CONFIDENTIAL 1, -17 -10 +25 + 3 -22 +65 -17 -16 -20 -21 - 8 +22 + 2 + 1 - 9 r+38 +13 +38 -31* +75 +59 +21* -21 +117 0 +1*2 -22 +61 +21* +H0 -11 +25 +17 +20 -17 +28 + 2 +17 +ll* - 6 -12 +13 0 - 5 0 + 6 +53 +12 -27 +25 +12 -lit - 3 -12 + 7 -16 - 1 -13 +30 — 2 +50 -12 + 2 +31 -13 +12 + 5 - 9 - 6 +13 +22 +16 -23 +1*1* -18 -29 +123 -20 + 1 + 3 +26 -25 -12 +76 +65 -11 —1*2 -19 + 1* + 8 -27 +1*0 + 1 -13 -25 +32 +36 + 1 Grand Total- —entire s t o r e 2 / 1* week: One week ending ending Feb, 7 Jan. 31 Jan. 21* Jan. 17 Feb. 7 0 | 0 + 1 0 + 2 + 1* + 1* + 7 + 7 - 5 — 2 + 1 - 3 + 1* - 7 — 6 0 + 2 -27 + 5 + 2 0 0 +10 - 1 - 6 + 5 0 + 1 - 8 +12 + 1* 0 - 6 r + 1* — 2 + 5 - 1* r+ 1 +17 r+ 2 —ll* + 5 + 1* - 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 — 1* - 6 + 1* + 1 0 +19 r + 1* - 7 —ll* -10 + 8 - 1 0 + 1* + 2 + 6 0
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