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.V of coy/ FEDERAL sta tistica RESERVE release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 1963 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District (Based on ret.ai 1 dollar amounts) "Week eiidinff Feb. 231Feb. 161I Feb. 9"!Feb. 2 +_3 rj_5 ti + 4 - +10 +10 +24 Area,and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan District Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas • Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton. Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling • for FRASER Digitized Mass. " " " ii " " " " " " Ky. Ohio Pa. N.Va. 3 1 7 2 4 8 + 9 + 6 +12 +17 +11 + 1 + - + + - 2 1 6 5 2 0 +15 + 2 r+_3 Z=_2 +-l + 4 +14 + 7 + 8 0 +11 +18 r+ 8 r+ 2 r+ 2 - 7 r+ 2 • . + 3 • r+ 4 " — 1 r-2 + 3 -10 - 2 -13 +20 . +l6 - l - 9 - 6 + 5 - 4 =22. =J1 + 5 +13 +20 +24 +36 + 2 +13 + 6 - 5 0 -26 + 1 + 1 + 4 + + + + + + + 2 +i r-2 r+ 8 +10 + 9 +14 - 3 -10 +20 r+11 r+ 1 r- 7 r+ 9 r- 6 r- 5 +11 - 8 — 2 - 4 r+ 8 + 3 - 2 +15 i +13 r+ 5 r+ 5 r+ 6 r 0 + 8 + 5 + 8 - 7 + 5 - 1 -10 + 6 + 4 + 8 - 4 + 2 0 - 3 + 3 _o Del. N.J. Pa. + + + - ±_§ * N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. + 7 + 6 + 8 + 2 + 5 -11 +26 +20 +35 +14 +28 + 1 Year 1962 + 4 + 2 * • + 6 + 3 - 3 - 2 - 5 + 5 +21 + 2 ' +10 -13 - 2 - 9 -21 r+ + r+ + - * 1 3 4 5 2 4 3 -15 + 1 - 2 - 8 -13 -19 + 3 - 4 +20 +34 + 3 +22 - 4 - 3 + 4 - 4 - 7 . - 9 -11 -11 -18 - 1 + + + + + + 3 5 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 1 4 H.8b Page.2 "WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District • Area,.and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown . Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St,, Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Baised on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending Feb. ; 21 Feb. 161Feb. -91 Feb. 2 1962 ±_1 D. e. Md. Va. + 2 - 2 0 + 1 + 4 + 2 r+ r • r- 6 0 1 1 1 ±_6 + 1 is +10 + 1 + 4 + 1 - 1 + - 7 1 3 3 6 + 5 0 + 6 - 4 + 4 +10 t-1 ±_Z + 2 - 9 - 4 + 3 +28 +11 + 7 +15 +20 • +14 + 7 + 5 +' 2 +17 + 8 +13 - 2 + 6 + 8 + 8 +18 +10 + 4 + 3 r+ 1 j_2 La. - 1 - 9 + 1 + 3 +14 - 1 -14 - 5 r-12 - 1 + 9 r+ 5 + 9 - 4 ' - 4 + 5 Fla. Ga. - 8 - 6 - 4 -10 - 2 0 +11 0 +10 zA j_Z +_4 + 5 + 4 +15 +10 •+ 4 + 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 +15 + 3 + 2 +13 - 8 + 4 -17 + + + + - 1 '=-1 ±-2 r-1 t± + 6 +12 - 5 + 3 + 2 r+10 - 5 . . 0 + 9 + 9 0 + 6 • - 10 - 1 - 2 - 8 + 2 +11 + 4 + 8 Ala. Fla. " " Ga. » 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. ' Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. . + 1 + 7 . +Ji 5 4 7 1 + 7 +_6 r+11 +10 + 1 * + 6 + 9 0 + 1 +12 +13 + 5 +10 +11 +13 + 6 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 1 0 + 5 + 7 - 3 " * " * Minn.&Wis. - 4 H.8b p "" age 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin ±Jl Col. Kans. " Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. " N.Mex. Okla. Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tocoma r—Revised Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending 1962 Feb. 231 Feb. 161 Feb. 91 Feb. 2 Tex. tt " Calif. " " " Ore. Utah Wash. - " + 5 +12 - 1 0 - 6 +14 + 8 + 4 +12 - 4 + 1 - 3 -7 +17 + 1 + 2 0 -11 - 6 - 1 - 9 + 1 r+ .5 +15 0 -10 - 5 ±_2 ___o +J. + 1 + 8 - 1 0 - 6 0 + 4 + 9 + 1 0 + 2 + 6 - 7 - 4 + 1 -14 -10 +10 - 1 0 - 3 - 6 + + + + + + + + + -15 + 5 + 2 =-5 ±_2 + + 3 +15 + 4 + 7 l 5 3 l r+ 4 + 4 ±11 + 8 - 3 + 2 +16 +11 - 4 -10-10 + 8 •*14 + 8 -11 - 1 - 9 + 4 - 1 + 2 + 5 - 2 + 5 + 2 + 1 - 1 +10 + 9 - 2 + 2 0 +15 + 4 +13 +30 + 4 +11 + 8 0 +19 + 8 + 6 - 5 0 + 4 *Not available 1 3 l 8 1 3 2 2 2 5 4 + 4 + J6 + + + 2 5 5 5 + + + + 6 9 8 9 ±_2 - 2 - 8 - 8 + 4 +10 - 6 -11 -11 - 5 -30 +13 - 4 - .7 - 3 + 8 0 + 2 + 8 +11 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 8 + 5 +10 +12 + 1 + 8
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