Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 26, 1954
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUM
Sales i n s e l e c t e d departments
: • 9 9
J u l y 26, 195k
?954
8 / l l t e m t v u n a a ^ u s ted indexes
Percentage change from a year ago
(19U7-U9
aifeP&#,#ppthly s a l e s = 100)
4 weeks
One week ending
19b 3
I9bit
ending
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May
1 Apr.
June
July
July 171July 10*1 July 3*1June 26 July 17 June | May { Apr. | Mar.
Mar #
GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2/
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+16
+ 2
0
p 96
93
100
90
77
97
99
95
100
Furniture and bedding
+ 2
-20
r+11
+ 3
- 3
pl06
108
9h
105
112
111
116
108
105
Domestic f l o o r coverings
+ 6
-17
+11
+ 7
- 1
P 65
80
70
76
61
67
85
83
82
Major appliances
+51*
-16
+27
+19
+18
P 87
65
62
66
83
88
72
66
72
Radio, phonograph, TV
+15
-22
r+36
- 1
+ 1
P 7h
73
76
107
73
75
7U
81
101
T o t a l of 1* departments 1 /
+11
-20
r+l6
+ 6
+ 2
p 88
87
79
90
89
91
93
89
92
ALL OTHER SAIES 1 /
+ 2
-18
+16
+ 2
0
P 97
9h
103
90
76
98
99
96
101
1/ Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category are not r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; they are shown here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with departmental changes,
"2/ Figures are based on t h e abbreviated sample described i n note below and are presented here s o l e l y t o 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.8a (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 .
#—In using year ago comparisons f o r t h e weeks ending July 10 and J u l y 3 allowance should be made f o r the f a c t t h a t i n observing the ^
Independence Day h o l i d a y , s t o r e c l o s i n g s occurred i n the week ending J u l y 10 t h i s year whereas l a s t year they occurred i n the previous
week.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUIvMARY BY DISTRICTS
Sales i n Selected Departments
CONFIDENTIAL - F. R.
Major household appliances
Domestic f l o o r coverings
4 weeks
U weeks
k weeks
One week ending
One week ending
One week ending
ending
ending
ending
J u l y 1 7 j J u l y 1G* J u l y 3* ! June 26 July 17 J u l y 17 J u l y 10-x-1 July 3*[June 26 July TV "July 17 J u l y lu-x-! J u l y 3* I June 26 J u l y i T
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-16
+19
+ 6
+27
+11
- 1
+ 7
+ 5a
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' + 3
-17
-20
+ 2
- 3
+2U
-15
+16
+16
+10
+ 19
+12
+26
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+ 6
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+ 3
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- 8
- 9
-31
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+11
3
+11
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-35
F u r n i t u r e and bedding
United S t a t e s
&>ston
N&w York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
+ 1
-10
+ 7
-21
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
United S t a t e s
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
-29
- 1
-15
-17
+ 3
-27
+25
- 7
- 1
+lli
- 5
-12
- 8
- 7
+ 1
-16
- it
-12
- 7
+23
+ h
+ 3
-22
- 2
+38
-28
+21
- 5
+31
+11
- 8
+29
+13
- 7
- 6
+12
+ 29
+1UU
+ 25
+209
-17
+ 1
-2h
- 7
0
+53
+20
+68
+ 3
+ho
+11
+30
+ 3
+51
+ 6
+60
+20
+U8
+10
- 2
+ 31
-13
-26
+iit
-31
+12
-10
- 2
+ 3
+ 5
+167
+200
+12J4
+1h9
+60
+191
-19
-32
+11
-21
-28
+19
- it
-35
+28
+ h
+ 86
- 2
+Zt3
- 8
+19
-13
-13
-h6
-22
+13
-11
+ 5
- 7
-10
+12
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- 7
- 1
+28
+ 5
+ 2
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+10
- 1
-20
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Grand Total-—entire s t o r e £/
T o t a l of h departments
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+21
+ 3
-18
+17
+17
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+18
+10
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-22
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-13
+10
- 9
+25
+2h
-17
+280
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-29
+30
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+ 9
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+31
+ 1
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+15
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+11
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- 7
+ 9
- 8
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+ 8
+96
+35
+13
Richmond
||tlanta
"hicago
S t . Louis
+ 5
-16
+27
+28
-25
- 8
- 5
-15
+38
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+16
Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco
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