Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : August 31, 1953

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v^&o^raQiAL 1EEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY

CONFIDENTIAL

Department

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Sales i n s e l e c t e d departments

Weekly unadjusted indexes
rPerfcfentage change from a year ago
a v e r , weekly sales=100)
1
+
weeks
(1941
"
One week ending
ending
1953
Aug. 22 Aug. 15 [Aug. o |Aug. 1 Aug. 22 Aug. 221Aug. 15 Aug. 8 [Aug. 1

GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2 /

August 31, 1953

64%

Monthly u n a d j u s t e d indexes
(19111 average monthly s a l e s = 100)
1952
1953
June May \ Apr,
July]
Aug,
|
July) June]I May |1 Apr.

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17 U

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202

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277

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270

269

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216

217

209

251

196

201

220

186

- 2

2

200

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181

160

P13U

11+6

173

179

179

127

11+6

188

165

218

r237

229

22+9

228
260
p29h

193

252

300

278

262

167

2bh

237

p227

216

212

232

281

21+7

238

21+1+

216

237

202

205

222

181

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150

195

209

207

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r—Revised.
1 / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category a r e n o t r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; they are shown here s o l e l y to permit comparisons with departmental changes,
2/ Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described i n note below and are presented here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons with departmental
changes. For weekly movements of t o t a l department s t o r e s a l e s , r e f e r t o the r e g u l a r weekly s a l e s r e p o r t H.8 (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) ,
^ y t e : — T o t a l n a t i o n a l sample i s comprised of some 115 s t o r e s ( v a r i e s s l i g h t l y among departments) of the approximately 350 s t o r e s r e g u l a r l y
r e p o r t i n g monthly departmental f i g u r e s .




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F u r n i t u r e and
One week ending
United S t a t e s
Boston
II ew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco

United S t a t e s
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

Aug. 22 Aug. 15|Aug. 8
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Kansas City
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