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H.8b "" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 1, 1961. 1VEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-July Week ending Aug. 5l Aug. 121 Aug. 191 Aug. 26 1961 + 6 0 ~o ±_2 ±_1 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas 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 ocranton 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 r+ 4 +18 r+ 4 0 r+10 - 9 - 3 + 5 +16 +11 +23 0 + 6 + 6 j_3 ±_8 " + 6 0 +13 0 + 2 -1 +10 + 5 +16 - 1 - 7 + 1 - 4 - 8 0 -11 -14 -13 " + 3 + 9 - 6 + 7 +11 + 1 + 2 - 3 r+2 ±_5 + + + - 6 - 3 -10 - 1 - 6 + 2 r+ r+ r+ r+ + + + + - rjLl ±JL -25 - 4 + 7 -2 + 9 - 8 + 2 r+15 + 6 +12 r+ 1 - 6 + 5 - 7 +12 + 5 +10 + 4 + 1 + 3 + 5 ±_3 ±_3 +22 - 4 - 1 + 6 + 8 - 2 + 2 - 6 +10 - 2 0 - 1 - 6 + 1 + 3 - 4 + 2 • +18 + 1 - 2 + 7 - 5 0 -3 -!-4 - 1 - 9 - 3 Mass. " " " " N.Y. 0 N.Y.-N.J. + 2 N.J. - 5 N.Y. 0 + 1 - 1 " 3 2 1 2 2 0 + 9 Del. N.J. Pa. - 2 - 3 - 1 0 - 6 - 3 - 4 —0 Ky. Ohio Pa. W.Va. + - 5 1 4 8 2 7 A ^ - 9 - 4 0 - 5 - 4 +46 - 2 - 3 + 8 + 6 + 8 0 0 +19 . + 2 0 + 2 1 - 6 + 7 ' + 1 - 2 % ' - 9 - 6 * -3 . 8 0 -22 + 3 0 + 9 - 3 - 6 + 3 0 r+10 - 2 r- 2 r- 4 r- 9 - 8 2 3 2 2 4 7 6 6 6 3 1 7 I (Ft H.8b V/EEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) JSri.-July Week ending Aug, 51 Aug. 121 Aug. 191 Aug. 26 1961 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityRichmond District Metropolitan Areas . Washington . Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown .Baltimore Richmond ±J= B.C." Md. • " Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta \ Augusta . Columbus New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Fla.; Ga". Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids ' Milwaukee 111..' Ind. Mioh; " Wis. St. Louis District Metropolitan. Areas Little Rock Louisville. St. Louis Memphis Ark.• Ky. • Mo. Tenni Ala. ,ii Fla.' » 11 • Ga. ii ii La. ±Jt + 3 - 2 0 - 2 - 2 + 7 +-1 +13 +13 - 3 + + + - ±2 - 1 + 1 o +21 + 8 - 5 + 6 - 5 +22 + 9 0 - 1 0 + 6 + 6 - 2 - 2 - 2 + 1 - 1 - 6 - 6 - 4 + 3 1 3 1 7 9 - 6 - 2 + 2 - 4 - 1 -14 + 8 - .5 - 6 + 4 - 7 - l - -? -16 - 2 -4 - 2 +15 + 1 + + + - 1 8 5 4 4 +_2 + 1 - 2 +10 + 1 + 1 - 1 + 2 - 9 . - 4 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 7 r- 6 - 1 0 - 7 + 2 - 5 +^3 - 2 - l -12 +14 + 6 0 - 8 - 6 - 7 - 2 ±_2 + 1 r'i + 9 + 1 - 7 +11 + 3 0 + .1 0 - 2 +_2 + 9 +10 + 7 ±_2 „ Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.—St. Paul • Mpls. and Suburbs liinneapolis St. Paul ' Cities Duluth-Superior - 3 + 4 - 2 - 5 - 4 +15 - 4 -4 ±_2 Minn. " " " + 1 + 2 - i Minn. & Wis. - 1 ' 0 +12 + 1 - 4 ±_1 + + + 4 3 1 5 -3 + 1 + 2 - 2 - 1 - 2 0 - 5 - 7 + 4 + 5 r- 1 + 2 - 3 ro H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued/ Percentage change from corresponding period, a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-July Week ending 1961 iAug. 51 Aug 121 Aug. 191 Aug. 26 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas Citv District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio San Francisco District 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 Tacoma r—Revised. Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. + + + 7 2 3 1 - 2 + 5 +18 +21 +16 -10 +2 + 2 - 3 - 3 +10 - 3 + 1 +17+14 +15 + + - - 6 - 4 3 3 3 4 - 8 - 9 +14 + 8 +25 -11 ±12 +.3 + 3 +10 Ih + 9 + 6 - 4" + 2 - 7 - +7 • - 5 - + 4 r+ 3 - +40 r+13 +14 +20 : r-28 +29 . + 5 - 1 -16 +14 -12 - 9 +28 - 1 + 2 :L2 +12 - 1 - 1 + 4 ^13 + 5 0 -:i6 + 8 + 7 +15 + 6 +29 + 9 +22 ±_3 r__0 I=-l 0 -15 + 2 r+22 +17 + 2 + 1 + 2 r+14 . - 5 +10 + 5 +11 + 2 - 4 -15 0 +21 +14 + 7 + 7 + 3 + 3 - 7 + 3 - 9 +14 - 1 Mo. Tex. ±_1 - 6 - 2 + 2 + 2 +17 + 6 + 7 ±_2 Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. 0 - 5 T•1 + 8 + 9 + 3 - 1 + 7 + 5 + 1 - 1 + 1 + 3 0 - 2 - 9 - 1 - 1 +12 + 4 + 4 - 3 :i + - 7 2 3 3- *Not available. +49 - 2 -14 + 1 +10 +11 + 6 + 8 + 2 + 4 +12 + 1 -10 - 1 - 1
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