Full text of G.7.2 Monthly Department Store Sales, Selected Cities and Areas : September 10, 1926

The full text on this page is automatically extracted from the file linked above and may contain errors and inconsistencies.

f U D 3 HA L

H i l s | 3 f 8 •• B O A R D ,

1926
R&S H'TI -

27
21

STATELY! jt)R THS PBSSS

R e t a i l Trade i n August; 1926.
P r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t s to the f e d e r a l . r e s e r v e system from r e t a i l firms i n a l l
A c t i o n s of the United S t a t e s i n d i c a t e t h a t the volume of r e t a i l t r a d e i n August
Of t.,%is y e a r was c o n s i d e r a b l y l a r g e r than i n August, 1925., Tirtal s a l e s of 507
adjustment s t o r e s were 6 . 5 p e r cent l a r g e r than a year ago and s a l e s of two mail
oruor houses were 12 p e r cent l a r g e r . Department s t o r e s a l e s were l a r g e r than
a year ago i n a l l f e d e r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t s except the Minneapolis and Kansas
o i t y d i s t r i c t s , the l a r g e s t i n c r e a s e s , ranging from 9 to 15 p e r c e n t , b e i n g . i n
t.ie ;.ev; York, Chicago, and: D a l l a s f e d e r a l r e s e r v e d i s t r i c t s . Of the r e p o r t i n g
s t o r e s 504 had l a r g e r s a l e s than l a s t y e a r .and 203 had s m a l l e r . s a l e s .
Sales of f i v e and ten cent v a r i e t y chain, s t o r e s (5. r e p o r t i n g chains) were
about 5 per cent l a r g e r than i n August a y e a r ago,
Percentage changes in d o l l a r s a l e s between August, 1925 and 1926, are given
m the f o l l o w i n g t a b l e :

: T o t a l 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 dei
T o t a l : I n c r e a s e :Decrease : c r e a s e compared with August.1925
Boston
ilev; York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t ; Louis
Minneapolis
K l j i s l - s City
Dallas
San f r a n c i s c o
Total

62
55
" 74
40
47
53
47
19
14 .
27
. 15
74
507

, 35
43
38
25
30
22
29
11
6
12
12
41

27
.' 12
36
15
17
11
18
8
88
15
3
33

304

203

k a i l order houses (2 Houses)
f i v e and ten cent s t o r e s (5 chains)




"

...

+ 8.5
+ 9.2
+ 2.4
+ 3.5
-r 7.8
t 8.0
+12.3
+ 3.7
6*6
- 1.6
+14,7
+ 4*6
+ 6.5
+12.3
•f 4*8