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j.925 R&S RT FEDERAL RESERVE 50 12 BOARD STAEI!ENT FOR THE PRESS For r e l e a s e in morning p a p e r s , Thursday, December 10, 1925, R e t a i l 'Trade in November. 1925 Sales of 559 r e t a i l e s t a b l i s h m e n t s throughout the United S t a t e s , according to p r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t s r e c e i v e d by the- Federal; r e s e r v e b a n k s , were 3 . 4 per cent l a r g e r in November, 1925, than in November of the n r e v i o u s y e a r . The n e t i n crease f o r the c o u n t r y a s a whole occurred d e s n i t e . the f ^ c t t h a t in November,.1924,. there were 5 S a t u r d a y s , which a r e bus" da*Ts in r e t a i l : t r a d e a t t h i s season, while in Novem e r of t h i s y e a r there were only 4 S a t u r d a y s . l a r g e l y because of t h i s d i f f e r e n c e in the number of Saturdays in the two months, more s t o r e s r e p o r t e d d e c r e a s e s in s a l e s (300) than r e p o r t e d i n c r e a s e s ( 2 5 9 ) . Sales d e c l i n e d in 5 out of the 12 d i s t r i c t s , — P h i l a d e l p h i a , Cleveland, M i n n e a p o l i s , Kansas C i t y , . a n d D a l l a s . The l a r g e s t d e c r e a s e (7 p e r c e n t ) was in the M i n n e a p o l i s d i s t r i c t , w h i l e tho g r e a t e s t i n c r e a s e s (about 9 p e r c e n t ) were in the San F r a n c i s c o , A t l a n t a , and - S t . Louis d i s t r i c t s . Sales of m a i l o r d e r houses were 12.8 per .cent l a r g e r than i n November, .1924, . and s a l e s of f i v o - a n d - t e n - c e n t chain s t o r e s i n c r e a s e d by 10.8 p e r c e n t . . P e r c e n t a g e changes in d o l l a r s a l e s between November, 1924, and November, 1925, are shown in the f o l l o w i n g t a b l e ; : Total number of s t o r e s r e p o r t i n g . ^ P e r c e n t a g e of i n c r e a s e or do-; Total Increase D e c r e a s e ; c r e a s e compared w i t h N o v . . 1924 Boston New York PhiladoIphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San F r a n c i s o o Total 68 66 89 44 47 31 57 20 19 24 . 14 80 559 Mail order houses Five and t e n c e n t s t o r e s 26 34 35 13 26 24 20 11 4 8 4 54 259 42 32 54 31 21 7 37 9 15 16 10 26 300 1.7 4.9 - 2.0 - 3.7 4.5 9.3 7.2 8.9 - 6.9 - 2.9 — 0.8 9.5. 3.4 12.8 10.8
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