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F E D E R A L S E S I E V S B O A R D R&S RTI - 55 July 8, 1929 RETAIL TRADE IN -JUNE, 1929 Preliminary report Department store sales in the aggregate for June were one per cent larger than in the corresponding month a year ago, .according to preliminary reports made to the federal reserve system by 448 stores; on a daily average "basis,. however, the sales ?ere 5 P e r cent larger than a year ago. Increase in total sales was reported by 204 stores and decrease by 244 stores. The change in sales varied considerably for different parts of the country, ranging from an increase of 9 per cent in the Minneapolis Federal reserve district to a decrease of 7 per cent in the Atl&nta district. Percentage changes in total sales between June, 1928, and June, 1929, are given by districts in the following table: Federal reserve district United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St, Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco Note, - Percentage of increase or decrease in sales—June, 1929, comnared with June. 1928 Number of stores report i n s Increase : Decrease + 1,4 204 244 ~ 2.6 + 4,4 - 2.2 + 2,3 +5,0 - 6,5 + 4.8 + 1*4 + g,j t 5*1 •« 2,4 - 0.1 30 25 iq 15 24 6 22 7 7 13 11 25 51 15 21 19 15 17 38 11 g 6 10 33 The month had 25 business days this year, 26 last year.
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