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receivake. of reporting department stores

and credit sales .of reporting -'stores 'also-declined, as is usual in ,
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February. - - ;
Changes in Department Store Sales and Accounts Receivable
' Percentage increase or
- decrease
from:
Month
agor

Item
la'les during month;

-Total
Cash •Charge '
Instalment

Accounts receivable, end of month:

Charge
Instalment

Collection Ratios and Percentage Distribution of Sales
Feb.
1963

Item
Collection ratios \U y Charge accounts
Instalment accounts

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4343%ercentage distribution of sales: Cash
Charge •; . 40 . = . J 8
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Instalment- 17
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1962 .

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DEPARTMENT STORE -CREDIT - FEBRUARY 19&3
Sales

by.Type -

Percentage increase or decrease (-)
Federal
Reserve
District

Total sales

. Gash sales :

Month
ago

Month
ago

Year
ago

Boston- "
-20
11
>^
™ -15
New York'.' " " • -16.
-1
Philadelphia
1
1
- 2
"Cleveland
• -14
-13
-3Richmond-11 ' - V - l •• • " -10
Atlanta
- 7
Chicago
- 6
4
- 9
St,Louis
- 6
-2
- 8
Minneapolis
-1
/ - 5
- 7
Kansas City
-.7 ' .
3
- 7
-Dallas.
-••-16
-1
-15
San Francisco
-10
9
-9

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Charge--account
sales •
Year
Month
ago
ago

Year
ago
10

-17
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1
- -1.
2
- 2"

.. -1
. 4
4
-3
ii.

• . 6
-12
- 3
- 2 .
- 7.
- 4
- 4
• - 2
- -11
. "5-

6
-30
• -18
" 3
- 2
. .2
-10
-16:
1
-25
Y":~
• - 5- " --18 •' -17
,1
•- 8
- 4
. - 2
•1
-18
- .• 1
-22
- 8
-27.
5

.Accounts Receivable, end of month"
Percentage-increase or decrease (-)
Federal
Reserve *.
District

Charge accounts • Instalment
' Month
; .Year / Month" '"'Year .
ago
ago
ago
- ago

Boston
-18.
New-York
-14
Philadelphia
-10 '
Cleveland
-14.
Richmond
: -14
Atlanta
-11.
Chicago St.Louisv
.: - 9 .
Minneapolis;
-15
•Kansas City - . -14
Dallas
-14
San Francisco
-21




Instalment
sales
Month
- Year
ago
ago

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4 .•
18
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-1
6
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- 0. . . - T
-4
. : 4 .: • 4
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3 .
-7
-6
19.
- 3
-2
-2 '
: 7
..
• ' 12 ;
-4
-3
2
9
-3
13
. 5 •: -3
6
•10.
-4

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10
- 1
-21
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