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c o h e S ^ ^ F 5 " S a l e s i n s e l e c t e d departments Department I H Percentage change from a year ago h weeks One week ending ending 121 Feb<, 5 | Jan. 29 Feb. 19 Feb. <^AR 2 February 28, 1955 1955 * 0A/vk OF (19U71955 Jan. Dec, j Nov. i u n a d j u s t e d indexes L age monthly s a l e s = 100) 1953 195a Dec# | Nov. j u c t . | Oct. Feb. j Jan, p 81* 191 128 109 75 80 186 123 112 pl2U 109 128 128 109 110 103 121 132 +15 p 88 85 112 110 72 75 81 109 122 +16 +35 P 77 65 67 82 51* 59 57 65 75 + 3 - 3 + U pl08 23h lii8 137 90 101 225 157 Hil +11 + 3 + 5 + 8 plOU 109 113 111 86 89 103 110 118 - 1 - 6 - l - 2 P 82 202 129 108 7h 79 196 125 111 GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2 / + h 0 h 0 0 F u r n i t u r e and bedding + 7 + 2 - 5 + 3 + 2 Domestic f l o o r c o v e r i n g s +19 +36 + 1 +1U Major a p p l i a n c e s +36 +k7 +50 Radio, phonograph, TV +25 - 3 T o t a l of 4 departments 1 / +14 ALL OTHER SALES 1 / + 2 C JLJJill-LiiCli. J • NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STAT - J- iiv» ^ ^ „ - , 4- "I V, — 1 / Monthly indexes f a r t h i s c a t e g o r y a r e n o t r e l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 permit comparisons w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l changes# 1 / F i g u r e s a r e based on the 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 p e r m i t 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 to t h e 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 / . 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 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 d e p a r t m e n t a l f i g u r e s . x>> CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. United S t a t e s os t o n 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 Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland m NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL imtCLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUJMARY BY DISTRICTS Sales i n Selected Departments Page 2 (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Major household appliances F u r n i t u r e and bedding j Domestic*floor coverings p - weeks U weeks it weeks One week ending One week ending ending One week ending ending ending Feb.!W Jan. 29 5" F e b . l ? |Feb. 12 Feb.19|Feb.12 |Feb. 5 | J a n . 2 9 Feb.19 Feb.19 |Feb.12[Feb. 5 1 Jan.2^ Feb. 19 +%U~ +16 +3T +36 457 TIT + 1 H T +19 +3o + 2 + 3 + 2 - 5 + 7 T + 3 T ~ n r W "+5T +22 +1*2 +22 + 9 +39 - 2 +22 + 3 +19 +1 - 1 0 -19 + 9 + 1 * + 1 * + 1 +16 u 2 + 1 + 1 * 1 5 + 5 + 3 - 9 -32 - 8 + 5 -22 - 5 -15 - 2 +36 - 9 0 -15 - 3 +10 0 +53 +30 +100 +119 +H* +35 -36 +170 - 8 +25 -13 + 1 -15 - 5 ~rr + 7 +23 + 2 +23 + 5 +23 - 5 -12 2 5 i 3 - 5 +11* +16 +16 + 1 +16 + 3 + 7 + 6 + 6 0 + 5 +16 +11 -12 +1*1* +29 - 3 +22 +1*8 +2l* +12 0 + 6 + 1 +21 - 2 + 3 Radios,phonographs,television,etc IT weeks One week ending ending Feb. 19 TTT" + 3 ' - 3 +25 - 3 - 2 ' -lit -13 +1*9 - 5 +11 + 7 +13 +13 - 9 + 6 + 3 0 0 + h 0 -30 - 5 -25 +57 Richmond tlanta hicago S t . Louis + 5 +32 +40 + 1* -2k Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1. + 5 +hh + + +hl +31 -10 -20 - 6 +22 +105 +88 r- 6 -15 + 5 + 8 -lii -12 +1*2 + 3 -12 - 8 469 +U5 -12 +22 +21* +17 -16 +13 +57 -2k +12 +11 - 6 +1*0 -11 +11 -18 + 8 +38 + 7 + 5 +18 +16 +83 - 7 +19 +32 +1*0 +6l +13 +3U T o t a l of i* + 6 +25 + 1* -hi +hl - 6 +21* +10 +10 +19 0 +81 +39 +22 +37 departments" -12 One week ending 5 1 2 5 9 + 9 - 1 +15 + 6 +15 +60 +27 +58 +20 +108 +25 +172 + 8 +208 +32 +120 +10 + 2 +1*7 +71 +13 +93 +32 +101* +12 - 6 +25 +30 +25 +12 +21 + 2 7f s t o r e £/ k weeks U weeks One week ending ending ending Feb. 19 Feb.19 |Feb.12 |Feb, 5 |Jan.29 Feb. 19 g ~Tu o - a %T+~B" —T + i - 2 + 4 - 4 n r - 1 1 6 +5 r 0 + 6 0 6 -18 -5 - 2 + 8 - 3 -10 - 3 + i* - k + 1 + 6 +23 + 6 +58 +26 +30 + 6 - 5 + 6 Grand +lh +26 + 7 +12 +18 +11" + 6 + 2 - 2 +30 + 3 +21 -11 -15 -12 + + - + 9 +21 +13 +29 + 2 +26 + 1* +23 - 3 +1*1 + 9 + 2 + 1 +13 +18 +19 + 2 +25 +11 +18 + + + + +30 +28 + 8 + 2 + It +29 +32 r+10 + 8 +21 +1*8 +17 + 7 + 9 +37 + 1 +12 +21 +32 + 7 + 5 + l + 3 0 3 5 6 7 +2l* +92 +102 +11* +U2 +U3 Total—entire + 3 -11 - 7 r+ 7 - it - 6 - 6 + 2 + 6 + 3 - 9 +10 + 3 - 2 + 2 —5 + 1* + 7 - 6 + 8 - 2 - 2 + 1 + 2 + 6 - 2 - 1* + 8 + 1 0 0 0 +5 + 2
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