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7- LIBRARY "'•nAi Dc0 SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARYOf CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. s t r 2 ? 1954 ,a >i*h ^ N O T FOR PUBLICATION Sales in selected departments fhUtMML rttbtHVE October 25# 195U ftAMJT AC At„« Department Percentage change from a. year ago h weeks One week ending ending Oct.16 0ct«9 0cto2[Sept«25 Oct. 16 Sept. Monthly unadjusted indexes (19U7-U9 average monthly sales = 100) 1953 199a Aug. | July Sept. Oct* July | June Aug. June GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/ + 1 - 2 - u , 2 - 2 plOl 87 76 96 112 100 87 77 97 Furniture and bedding + 5 - 6 - 2 0 - 1 pill 131 110 10U 132 112 136 112 111 Domestic floor coverings j -11 - h -13 - 2 - 9 p 90 77 61 62 122 93 83 61 67 Major appliances i j | +21 +21 +1U +16 +17 P 73 73 92 88 75 70 7h 83 88 Radio, phonograph, TV 1 i + 5 - 2 + h + 8 + 3 pl2it 89 73 73 na 119 93 73 75 + 3 - 2 - h + 1 0 plOO 100 90 87 118 99 10U 89 91 - U - 2 85 7h 97 111 100 8h 76 98 Total of h departments 1/ ALL OTHER SALES 1/ 0 - 2 -2 j i I 1 plOl j p—Preliminary. r—Revised. 1/ Monthly indexes for this category are not released publicly; they are shown here solely to permit comparisons with departmental changes. 2/ Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described in note below and are presented here solely to permit comparisons with departmental changes. For weekly movements of total department store sales > refer to the regular weekly sales report H.8a (based on about 550 stores). Note:—Total national sample is comprised of some 115 stores (varies slightly among departments) of the approximately 350 stores regularly reporting monthly departmental figures. JOMPxjJii.i\)ilAL - F. R. United' States Boston blew York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St* Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales in Selected Departments Page 2 (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Major household appliances Furniture and bedding Domestic floor coverings 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Oct.16 Oct,9I 0ct.2|Sept. 25 Oct. 16 Oct. 16 Oct,9 0ct»2|Sept. 25 Oct. 16 Oct. 16(Oct*91 Oct.2 {Sept. 25 Oct. 16 +16 +21 +14 +21 +17 - 6 + 5 - 2 0 - 2 - 1 ' -11 -13 - 9 - 4 0 +11 +12 + 8 -12 +14 + 1 + 3 + 9 - 2 + 5 - 5 - 7 -14 j - 1 ! - 4 +11 0 + 1 +41 +10 + 4 - 8 - 6 + 4 - 2 -21 -12 -22 —4i i + 5 +16 +29 +31 +10 + 2 j + 4 +46 -16 -16 -15 -17 - 9 -19 5 +18 | — 6 +15 8 +32 +14 + 5 6 -11* + 4 - 1 -13 -19 -13 - 3 5 + 4 +16 +26 +26 -17 +18 - U — 6 -16 +48 -11 + 8 - 4 +23 + 2 - 4 - 9 +27 + 4 + 5 + - 7 2 4 1 +38 + 3 -14 + 5 - 6 - 7 0 +17 -15 - 1 + 5 -ll + + 2 1 3 2 +53 -31 +14 +26 + 5 6 - 5 +46 +26 +69 - 5 +31 +32 +53 - 6 +65 +36 +34 - 1 +40 + 8 +10 + 2 +39 +18 +78 +20 +59 + 5 + 3 -10 +24 +27 -14 - 4 +52 +44 +16 + 6 +142 +49 +13 0 + 7 -23 — 3 -13 -15 -35 -35 + 2 +10 +19 -18 +24 +44 n o o -21 -63 -30 • -17 I | +10 - 4 -33 - 4 +12 + 9 +41 + 1 - 6 + 4 -18 + 9 l 0 + 7 -15 -14 - 3 " 5 - 4 ! Grand Total—entire store 2/ Radios,phonographs,televis:Ion,etc. Total of 4 departments 4 weeks 4 weeks 4 weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Oct.161 Oct«9||Oct.2 Sept. 25 Oct, 16 Oct. 16 Oct.9 0ct.2|Sisot. 25 Oct. 16 Oct. 16|0ct.9 Oct.2 Sept. 25 Oct. l6 - 2 + 1 - 2 + 5 + ti - 2 + 1 0 + 3 + 3 2 + h - 2 - 4 - 4 + 6 0 + 1 + 3 - 1 + 3 + ti + 4 + 5 + 3 +15 + 9 + 3 +13 - 7 + 3 - 8 +11 +11 - 6 - 5 + 7 +32 0 - 9 -13 - 7 - 7 - 7 - 7 — 6 0 + 6 + 2 +22 +18 +26 -12 +28 +25 +52 - 4 - 9 -13 5 - 8 - 6 - 6 -19 + 9 0 -10 -19 -21 -36 - 3 - 4 -15 - 9 - 4 Richmond Atlanta IChicago % t . Louis +14 -26 +12 +37 -18 +19 - 3 +15 -20 +34 - 3 +23 - 4 +30 -11 +45 - 8 +14 - 1 +29 + 8 - 6 +16 +21 + 1 +20 - 6 + 9 - 9 +35 - 7 +17 - 3 +22 - 1 +15 - 1 +19 + 1 +15 - 3 + 5 + 8 +10 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For footnotes, see page 1, +17 +84 +16 -16 +15 +63 - 9 -12 - 2 +11 - 4 - 9 -ll +26 + 3 -26 + 5 +43 0 -16 +22 +48 + 9 - 7 +29 +21 -26 + 3 0 - 2 + 1 -14 - l +11 +13 +19 - 5 - 6 + 7 +15 +22 - 2 +34 + 5 - 6 r+ - 6 6 6 4 - 6 +10 - 3 + 9 - 3 - 4 - l + + +15 +11 -25 +14 + 2 + 7 +10 - 5 - 3 + 5 0 - 7 + 5 +10 - l 0 + 5 4 7 1 3