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3£-S Bf 1925 ? ?, 3 3 1 A E B B S E R ? E 9 36 BOARD STATEMENT POR # 3 PRE! S3 For r e l e a s e i n morning pa;mr? F r i d a y , September 11, 1925. Be t a i l Trade i n August. 1925 Sales a t 528 r e t a i l s t o r o s which made p r e l i m i n a r y r e o o r t s to t h e F e d e r a l r e s e r v e bonks from a l l soot ions of the United S t a t e s were 7 p e r oont l a r g e r i n August than in the Srvno menth l e s t y e a r . l a r g o r s a l a s woro n o t e d in 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 oacopt M i n n e a p o l i s , b u t i n the Sow York, Chicago, and S t . Louis d i s t r i c t s the i n o r o a s i s w i n the l a r g e s t , amounting i n each of t h e s e d i s t r i c t s t o mom than 3.0 por c e n t . Of the t o t a l number of s t o r o s r e p o r t i n g 334 showed g r e a t e r s a l i s t h i s y e a r than in August, 1924, and 194 f i r m s r e p o r t e d d e c r e a s e s . Sales a t m i l l o r d e r houses were 2 0 . 7 per c e n t g r e a t e r than l a s t y e a r , and buying a t f i v e and ten cent chain s t o r e s xvtis 13.5 per c e n t l a r g e r . P e r c e n t a g e changes i n d o l l a r s a l e s between August, 19£4, and August, 1925, a r e shown i n tha f o l l o w i n g t o I n ; Districts : : T o t a l nun.bor of s c 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 Total : Increase •Decree, so : fleer-; .no eomp. w i t h Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond AtlrntR. Chicago S t . Louis Siinnea oolis Kansas City Dallas San Fir.no i s c o Total k a i l o r d e r houses Fivo and ten -cent c h a i n s 60 62 70 46 52 25 59 22 14 22 17 71 40 42 49 26 36 17 37 18 6 14 11 36 20 20 29 20 16 8 22 4 6 8 6 35 4.4 10.3 8.8 2.7 9.5 8.9 10.5 13.6 - 1.1 8.8 9.0 3.7 528 354 194 7.0 20.7 13.5
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