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FEDERAL .-agaze-: RESERVE H. 8. b FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 1964. WEEKLY" DEPARTMENT STORE*SjALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and Cities Within 1 Federal Reserve Districts Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) .5 i I July 4 I June 27 I June 20 | June 13 Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Mew 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 for FRASER Wheeling Digitized 0 - 4 + 5 +27 - 9 +12 - 3 Mass. R.I. N.Y. N.Y. IT. J. W.J. N.Y. " 1 1 Del. N.J. Pa. " " ii M " II " II " " Pa. 8 - 5 +15 -17 - 9 +24 + 4 - 4 +19 0 + 6 +11 - 6 - 1 - 4 - 2 -14 + 1 + 6 + 7 - 3 + 3 " + " + 1 -11 W.Va. +22 +14 +31 +14 +23 +32 +26 - 6 - 6 -6 - 9 -11 - 3 -10 +23 +15 +13 - 2 - 7 - 1 -14 - 9 +23 +13 +35 r+15 + 5 -14 +23 + 3 - 5 - 2 0 - 2 - 7 + + + + + + 5 3 7 5 2 3 + 6 + -15 Ky. Ohio + 3 + 3 + 4 - 4 - 3 + 5 +27 5 mos. 1964 2 + r+ + r- 4 1 4 2 3 + +18 + 5 +14 +11 +10 +28 r+ 2 +13 +14 +13 +18 r+ 9 r+16 + 6 +10 + 6 +11 + 8 r+11 . + 1 - 4 0 8 .. +25 +21 + 7 +27 +26 + 3 +18 +14 +18 +11 +11 +24 ,+15 +13 - 2 - 3 + 9 -12 - 8 -4 -14 - 3 + 6 + 2 - 2 + 4 - 1 - 4 - 9 + 8 + 5 + 8 + 3 + 2 +14 +11 + 7 + 7 +10 + 6 + 2 +12 + 8 + 7 +10 + 9 - 3 + 7 + 4 + 6 + 9 + 7 + 7 + 2 + 2 • &2_ ;L 8. b . Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Areas and Cities Within Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago .(Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending . July 4 [ June 27 I June 20 | June 13 Federal Reserve. Districts Richmond Distrfct • 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 D.C. 4 3 7 3 3 ' +12 + 2 p+11 p+ 8 + 5 +45 +28 +42 +23 -18 • -19 +10 + 9 r+18 +26 +42 + 8 +25 +45 +13 +25 - 4 0 - 8 -12 + 4 + 1 +19 +13 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 8 + 4 +17 + 6 +29 - 4 +10 + 7 + 2 - 5 -12 + 1 - 6 - 8 - 6 - 1 - 3 -13 - 8 - 7 + 7 +11 -10 r+ 3 r 0 - 1 - 1 +12 + + 8 9 3 6 r+ 6 + 7 i+23 + 8 La. - 6 -12 -10 - 8 Fla. Ga. + 5 -20 Md. Va. Ala. " Fla. " " Ga. +23 +13 +23 +15 +35 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee 111. Ind. Mich. +21 + 4 +10 +15 - 2 +16 Wis. + 6 + 2 +28 +17 +28 +20 +24 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. 5 i 2 2 +13 +21 + 9 +10 +33 +29 +28 +27 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. " Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis . 11 St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.& Wis. p+ P+ P+ 5 mos. 1964 * +12 + 6 + 4 +26 +44 - 2 r- 2 - +11 ... - + 2 +14 + 8 + 5 , + 8 +10 + 8 + 6 +23 0 - 5 - 6 +12 r+18 +14 - 1 + 4 * +11 + 8 * 63 H. 8. b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Areas and Cities Within Federal Reserve Districts — Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending July 4 1 June 27 | June 20 | June 1-3 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Topeka Kans. 11 Wichita Kansas City Mo. -Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. it St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. it Omaha Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City . Okla. Tulsa Okla. City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso 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-Everett Spokane Tacoma r—Revised * — D a t a not available p—Preliminary - 1 + 7 - 9 -13 - 7 - 5 - 2 -11 + + + • + + + + + -12 - 1 + 6 + 9 +25 * +27 +18 +21 + 8 +25 +18 +15 +19 +28 - 9 - 1 - +17 +30 -18 + 2 - 1 - 1 * - 3 - 1 1 - 4 -16 - 7 . -25 - 4 -15 3 + 2 + 5 + 6 r 0 - 8 r+18 - 1 - 3 +13 +14 " +23 +31 " +15 +27 +13 2 +28 +17 +27 +24 +12 +14 + 5 + 8 -10 +17 -15 + 2 - 5 - +13 + 1 +16 +26 +17 +14 + 9 +22 +22 +27 +15 +11 +16 + 3 + - 2 5 2 9 5 5 8 6 5 9 Tex. " Calif. +16 - 1 + 3 + 4 -14 + Ore. Utah Wash. " " 2 + 7 - 6 + 4 0 - 4 - 2 +33 + 1 r+ 7 + 6 - 5 +18 +10 - 6 0 - 3 + 1 5 mos. 1964 - 7 7 2 2 6 6 5 4 5 .+ 7 +10 + 8 +15 + 8 1 -13 +10 O . + 4 +16 + 9 + 6 + 3 - 3 + 8 + 3 + 4 - 2 0 - 1