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V. FEB CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. ' t -J 15 1955 FEDERAL W ' EEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UlBARR @ M | | S ^ E l A R T Sjtf ^ < NOT FOR PUBLICATION M G 0 February lit, 1955 Sales i n selected departments Department Percentage change from a year ago U weeks One week ending ending Feb. 5 Jan. 29 Jan. 22 |,Jan. 15 Feb. 5 Monthly unadjusted indexes ( 1 9 h l - h 9 average monthly s a l e s = 100) 1953 1955 195k Dec. j Nov. Jan. Feb. Jan. Dec. [ Nov. | Oct. Oct. 0 + 7 +16 + 5 e 8h 191 128 109 75 80 186 123 112 - 5 + 3 +18 +30 +10 el2h 109 128 128 109 110 103 121 132 Domestic f l o o r coverings + l +11* +13 +22 +12 e Sh 85 112 110 72 75 81 109 122 Major appliances +50 r+16 +32 +39 +31 e 71 65 67 82 5k 59 57 65 75 Radio, phonograph, TV + 3 - 3 + k +17 + it el03 23lt 11+8 137 90 101 225 157 Ha T o t a l of k departments 1/ + 3 + 5 +16 +27 +12 elOO 109 113 llii 86 89 103 110 118 ALL OTHER SALES 1 / - 6 r- 1 + 6 +15 + 3 e 82 202 129 108 Ik 79 196 125 in GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2/ - k Furniture and bedding -* . » r W—TUO u « i i a v w u XAUW oo.-i.ww x 1/ Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category are not 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 t o permit comparisons with departmental changes, j?/ Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described i n note below and are presented here s o l e l y to 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.8a (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) . Note:—Total 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 t h e 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 . CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. United S t a t e s Boston New York P hi l a d e l p h i a 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S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales i n Selected Departments (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Page 2 Furniture and bedding Domestic f l o o r coverings Major household appliances 2* weeks I* weeks U weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Feb. 51 Jan.291 Jan.221Jan. 15 (Feb. 5 Feb. 5 | Jan. 29 j Jan. 221 Jan. 15 Feb. 5 Feb. 5 [Jan. 29 | Jan. 22 | Jan. 15 TebTT" +18+30 -5 +3 +10 ~T1 +14 +13 +22 +59 r+lS +32 W +39 +31 +22 - 2 +T +13 T T +20 "+42 +2T +2T +26 +32 ~+W 1 W 421 +T + 1 +31 -15 +25 + 9 + 2 — 1* + it +21 +11* + 1 + 5 +52 -19 +11 +30 -15 + 2 + 2 - 3 +12 +19 -15 -22 +1*6 +28 + 3 +171 -32 - 3 +16 -15 -13 -36 +li* - 3 - 6 0 + 9 - h +30 +38 +25 +33 - 5 + + 2 5 l 3 + 9 +51 +18 +32 +37 + 8 +58 + 2 + 8 +23 +21 +13 - 6 + 6 +2l* -1*7 +25 r+ 1* +10 +1*7 - 1 +15 +1*0 +31 +38 +17 +38 +26 +13 +11 +28 + 5 + 8 +208 +32 +120 +10 r+ 2 +1*7 +71 +21 +1*6 +33 +21* +18 -32 +1*9 +80 +ll* +1*1 +1*0 +70 + 6 +2l* +12l* +10 +19 +32 -21* +170 +21* - 2 - 6 +13 +39 + 7 +16 + 6 +35 - 3 -12 0 -21* +15 +92 +52 +31* +30 +50 - 5 +21* - 1 +UB +9l* +27 +39 481 +1*1* +102 +61* -17 +27 +12 +21* +1*1* + 1 +21 + 2 +30 +13 +36 +22 +18 — 1 +19 + 2 +26 +1*2 +21* +1*1* Radios,"phonographs,television,etc. Total of U departments Grand T o t a l — e n t i r e s t o r e £ / Ipweeks h weeks IT weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Feb. Jan. 291 Jan. 22 | Jan. 15 Feb. 5 Feb. 5 | Jan. 29 | Jan. 22 | Jan. 15 Feb. 5 Feb. 5 I Jan. 29 (Jan. 221 Jan. 15 Feb. 5 + 3 - 3 + k +17 U 5 +15" + 3 "+I2" *+15" +27 TT + 7 ~=2T -E* ~ZIT -21 "+2T - 1 0 - 1 -37 + 1 T T "TIT 1 W +13 +62 +11 +22 -11 + 7 + 2 + 2 +22 + 1* +16 +29 + 9 -17 r+ 5 + 1* + 6 +20 +17 +71 -18 + 9 -15 - 6 +19 +37 + 5 - 5 - 3 - 3 0 -10 - 8 -30 + 3 -12 + 1 +11* -10 - 1* — 2 - 2 - 2 - 9 + 7 + 5 -12 Richmond .Atlanta 'Chicago S t . Louis -15 + 5 + 8 Minneapolis Kansas CityDallas San Francisco For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1. - 8 +69 +1*5 -12 - 5 r+lli +16 +16 -11* -12 +1*2 + 3 - 2 + 1* - 3 - 8 + 1* +12 +31 +18 +11* + 1* +1*5 +67 +21 + 3 +1*6 +1*1 + 1 -21* -12 +22 +21* +1*8 +17 r-16 0 +1*9 +16 -21 -10 - 3 +1*1 + 9 + 2 + 8 +21 +1*8 +17 + 1 r+13 +18 +19 +22 + 7 + 9 +37 + 1 +72 +30 + 7 + 9 + 7 +36 +23 +28 - 8 +1*8 +22 + 6 +21* +69 +25 + 7 +22 +21* +36 +23 +20 +33 +13 + + - 9 8 3 2 + + 6 8 2 1 +22 +20 + + + 2 5 1* 7 + + r- 2 2 6 2 +27 + 1* +19 +11 + 8 +10 +26 + 9 <21* +11 + 7 +11 + 8 + 5 +10 + 9 + 3 +12 +21 +12 +12 + 7
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