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1355 -JtH / CONFIDENTIAL - 'F.TR. * , „ i - ei"t- 4 < ' t SPECIAL T7EEKLY REPORT O DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY N Department — December 5> 1955 S a l e s i n s e l e c t e d departments Percentage change from a y e a r ago U weeks One week ending ending Nov. 26 Oct. Nov. 26|Nov. 19 Nov. 12 Nov. 5 FOR PUBLICATION r> Monthly u n a d j u s t e d indexes (19it7-lt9 average monthly s a l e s = 100) 195 a 1955 Sept.. | Aug, Nov. | Oct. July | S e p t . | Aug, 1 July GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2 / + 8 + k + 6 - 2 + h pll6 106 93 79 128 109 101 87 76 F u r n i t u r e and bedding + 7 + h +15 + h + 7 plUO 127 1U2 115 128 128 115 131 110 Domestic f l o o r coverings +16 +16 + 3 + 3 + 8 pl21 101 81 63 112 110 91 77 61 Major a p p l i a n c e s +27 +36 +2h +27 +28 P 93 87 105 126 67 82 72 73 92 Radio, phonograph, TV +19 + 8 + it 0 + 7 piU5 130 99 78 11*8 137 123 89 73 T o t a l of ii departments 1 / +lh +10 +11 + 6 +10 1 i2b p 112 115 101 113 nit 101 100 90 ALL OTHER SALES l / + 8 + 3 + 5 - 3 + 3 pill* 106 90 76 129 108 101 85 7k l / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s c a t e g o r y a r e n o t r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; t h e y a r e shown here s o l e l y t o permxt comparisons w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l changes• 2 / F i g u r e s a r e based on t h e a b b r e v i a t e d sample d e s c r i b e d i n n o t e below and a r e p r e s e n t e d here s o l e l y t o permit comparisons w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l ** 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.Ba (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) . " N o 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 d e p a r t m e n t a l f i g u r e s . CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. SPECIAL TilEEKLY REPORT O DEPARTMENT STORE SALES--SU?WARY B DISTRICTS N Y Sales i n Selected Departments NOT F R PUBLICATION O Page 2 Major household a p p l i a n c e s Domestic f l o o r coverings b weeks h weeks U weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Nov. 26 Nov. 19 |Nov. 12 Nov. 5 Nov.26 Nov. 26 I Nov, 19 (Nov. 12 (Nov. 5 Nov,26 Nov, 26 Nov, 19 Nov. 12 (Nov, 5 Nov.26 +16 + 8 +20 +16 +36 +2k +27 + 7 + 3 + 3 +27 +15 + 4 + 4 + 7 + y +1S - 2 - 1 + 1 - 1 +14 + 1 +13 -13 +44 -13 - 3 - 4 - 9 + 8 + 6 0 +12 +24 +20 - 8 +4l + 2 - 1 +38 +27 - 2 + 3 +15 + 2 + 2 + 1 0 + 2 -10 -30 -27 + 7 -lit + 3 -24 -25 +15 -lit 0 +1C0 +61 +28 +12 +23 +53 +65 +38 +31* +23 +31 +77 +72 +77 F u r n i t u r e and bedding United S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o United S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland + 7 +26 +11 - 3 + 3 +22 +15 - 2 - 1 +12 +15 +17 +12 + 9 +11 + 6 + 5 +18 +13 + 4 + 3 +27 +20 +17 +21 +64 +19 +i|8 + 2 -39 +13 + 5 + 8 - 2 +14 -10 + 8 + 7 +16 +14 +52 - 2 +34 - 5 +18 - 5 +23 -11 +47 - 5 +4l + 8 +31 +17 +30 - 4 +16 +22 -10 - 6 +1*9 +23 + 5 - 2 + 3 - 9 - 3 - 7 - 7 - 5 - 5 + 6 0 - 6 +22 -11 + 2 + 6 +25 + 9 - 6 -13 + 4 +25 - 4 - 3 +12 -11 +19 +29 + 2 + 1 +12 +13 +53 +31 -19 +42 +27 +23 - 7 + 6 + 8 +28 +22 -18 +15 - 2 - 1 -22 + 9 -13 -17 | -18 - 5 - 4 Grand Total?—entire s t o r e T o t a l of h departments [Radios, phonographs, t e l e v i s i o n , e t c . 1 I* weeks it weeks U weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Nov.261Nov.191Nov.12!Nov.5 Nov,26 Nov,26(Nov.19(Nov.12jNov.5 Nov.26 Nov. 26 Nov,19 Nov.12(Nov.5 Nov.26 + 6 +10 - 2 0 + 8 + 6 + 4 + 0 +10 +11 +19 +14 + 4 + 7 + 4 — 6 0 + 2 + 1 * - 2 - 3 -la + 3 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 6 +1)4 0 +10 + 6 + 3 +18 r+ 2 -10 + 7 - 1 +15 +17 +75 - 5 - 6 + 8 + 2 - 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 -11 - 1 +10 -15 - l - 7 - 5 +11 +28 +12 + 4 +14 +60 +13 +31 +18 +24 +11 +36 +35 +37 +45 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis + 9 + 5 +13 + 4 +21 - 1 +13 -17 +11 -27 +13 + 4 - 6 -12 + 7 0 + 9 - 7 +12 - 3 +12 +17 +17 + 1 +12 +34 +17 + 4 + 5 -12 +16 + 6 +12 0 +16 + 2 +10 +10 +16 + 3 +15 + 6 +10 0 Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San Francisco -10 -39 - 4 + 6 +14 -15 0 -27 -10 + 9 -12 -19 -33 +16 0 -17 -12 - 9 - 4 -15 + + + + 5 - 5 +13 -12 + - - 7 +16 +12 - 9 - 1 + 1 +10 - 6 + + + + +17 +91 +24 - 6 5 7 6 7 3 1 8 8 2 7 8 9 + 5 + 3 +11 0 + + + r- 2 6 3 3 + 5 - 4 +11 + 2 + 3 0 + 4 - 3 + 7 + 2 + 9 0 + 2 +14 +15 0 + + - + 2 + 8 + 6 0 1 3 2 9
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