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Dec.17 Dec.10 |Dec. 3 Nov. 26 Dec. 17 . Nov.
Department
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
December 29, 1955
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M6nt"hly u n a d j u s t e d indexes
(19ij.7-ii9 average monthly s a l e s = 100)
1955
1954
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116
106
93
191
128
109
101
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+ 7
+ 8
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127
11*2
109
128
128
115
131
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+11
+12
+23
+16
+15
pl22
121
101
81
85
112
110
91
77
Major a p p l i a n c e s
+13
r+28
+21
+2?
+21
P 77
93
87
105
65
67
82
72
73
Radio, phonograph, TV
+10
+ 8
+ 3
+19
+ 8
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130
99
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148
137
123
89
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+14
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126
112
115
109
113
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101
100
ALL OTHER SALES
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115
106
90
202
129
108
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85
GRAND TOTAL SALES
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1 / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s c a t e g o r y a r e not r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; they a r e shown h e r e s o l e l y t o oermit comparisons with
d e p a r t m e n t a l changes.
2f F i g u r e s a r e based on t h e a b b r e v i a t e d sample d e s c r i b e d i n n o t e below and a r e presented here s o l e l y t o p e r m i t comparisons
w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l 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 t h e approximately 350 s t o r e s
r e p o r t i n g monthly d e p a r t m e n t a l f i g u r e s .
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
S a l e s i n S e l e c t e d Departments
(Percentage change from correspondifag p e r i o d a y e a r ago)
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