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NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL January 12, 1953 Sales in selected departments Monthly unadjusted indexes Weekly unadjusted indexes Percentage change from a year ago (19l|l average monthly sales = 100) 0 9 1 4 1 aver, weekly sales=100) 4 weeks One week ending 1951 1952 ending 1952 1953 Nov. Dec. (Oct. (Sept. Jan. [Sept. Dec. (Oct. [Nov. Dec.27 Dec.20 Dec.13 Jan. 3IDec®27 Dec.201Dec.13 Jan. 3 Jan. 3 Department + 2 GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/2/ +57 + u +11 + 3 Furniture & bedding !- 1 -12 +34 + 9 + 8 Domestic fl. cov'gs j+ 8 + 4 +17 - 4 + 3 Major appliances : 0 + 9 +20 + 4 Radi o, phono gr aph, TVl/ i , 0 +48 - 1 - 6 i ij+ 1 I r+ 7 +15 + 1 Total of It depts. 1/ ' ALL OTHER SALES l/ i !+2 ! i i + 7 + 2 + 5 ! ! ! r+6l + 4 + 4 ; +11 ! 160 279 rli8b his 374 270 238 212 221 192 227 246 216 jeiiOl P255 21+6 213 181 2h7 220 ! i 1 169 i 97 222 j 271 |e200 p228 ; 134 r91 202 257 el83 p230 251 202 188 187 246 268 208 i 13U j ! 276 j 1 ! 166 rl28 225 226 256 258 193 199 222 298 268 rU78 912 8U7 e212 p219 1 1e709 plt86 i h76 392 354 718 565 540 484 ibo 289 321 !e250 p252 i 273 2l|0 222 246 265 290 251 |eltl8 P255 21*2 210 177 ' 389 270 232 207 ! | • 159 2 95 506 h9h I ! ] e—Estimated from weekly sales figures. r—Revised p—Preliminary. 1/ Monthly indexes for this category are not released publicly; they are shown here solely to permit comparisons with departmental changes. 2/ Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described in note below and are presented here solely to permit comparisons with departmental changes. For weekly movements of total department store sales, refer to the regular weekly sales report H.8 (based on about 550 stores). Note:—Total national sample is comprised of some 115 stores (varies slightly among departments) of the approximately 350 stores regularly reporting monthly departmental figures. gn-VTDENTIAL States Uni3osx,on :?r York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco united States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland NQT tppp '"TTPTTC "TION SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS Sales in Selected Departments Page 2 (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Major household, appliances j bedding" t — i Domestic floor coverings Furniture and U weeks it weeks k weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Jan. T ~ 27lDec.20iDec.i3 Dec Jan Jan. Jan. Jan. ~T~7 + L •+21T — a ~ + T - it ~~+~J +17 + it + 9 ; + r -12 +3U - 1 + o +6y -+#T -25 - 5 ^10 +2it -17 5 + 6 ; +12 +90 ' +3U -30 9 -10 -16 +30 -29 - 8 +17 -lit -i-0 +25 -10 + 5 I - 3 - 5 I - 1 -27 - 2 + 8 +1 h -15 + 1 -17 + 2 +12 - 2 -17 + l ! + 1 -19 +20 - 5 + 1 6 8 +12 -17 i + 9 + it - it +58 +79 +16 +16 -38 +72 + 3 I -15 -18 -17 + 6 i ! + 3 -25 +29 -12 -lit +17 +17 + 1 + 5 +39 +19 +35 +36 +31 -13 I +16 +61 0 -13 +79 + 5 +67 r-37 +18 +10 + 9 +22 +12 +13 ! + 7 - 5 +15 - 1 -12 +19 +22 +18 +35 - 2 + 7 + 9 +13 -15 +12 | + 9 +19 +26 -17 + 5 + 9 -11 +26 + 3 +1U i +18 + 8 +59 +58 6 ! +1it -32 0 +71 +21 +26 + 8 +59 +29 + 3 1 +22 + 6 -10 +21 +11 + 7 ' + 8 +125 +69 -35 +2it ! + h -Uo +56 -29 +13it +70 +8it +97 0 +23 -10 +51 -12 - 6 + 5 ! +70 - 8 +20 +lit -12 ; - 1 -17 -26 -lit i -32 r+ 5 0 + l ! -15 r— 6 r+15 + 7 - 2 -9 Grand Total—entire store 2/ Total of it departments Radios,phonographs,television,etc. it weeks 1 ; weeks 'Uweeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Jan. 3 Jan. 3[Dec.27[Dec,20|Dec.l3 Jan. 3 Jan. 3 Dec.27[Dec.20[Dec.13 Jan. 3 Jan. 3[Dec.27[Dec.20[Dec.r — +*? ™ hll + 3 + u +1 + 5 + 2 + 1 r+ 7 + 2 +15 0 +U8 — 1 — 6 + 9 3 + 3 + 2 ~E "+ir - 9 + 5 - 8 — 6 + 2 - 8 r+50 - it + 8 -2 it -17 +lit -18 -33 | —2it —b9 +itO + 2 + 9 + 9 +18 + 1 + 3 +18 + 5 + 6 5 +18 i t +11 +62 +10 +16 + 9 + 1 +22 +55 0 + 7 +11 + 7 1 2 - 7 + 3 - 7 i - 1 1 + 5 3 Richmond Atlanta (Chicago St. Louis +22 +70 - 6 -27 +20 r+6l +5it +16 +10 -13 + 1 - 7 +18 -10 - 7 -29 +15 + 8 + 3 -16 - 2 +69 - 5 + 2 + 6 r- 3 +23 - it +18 +10 +18 +11 + + - 8 it 9 8 + 9 +11 +11 0 + 3 +22 - 3 +17 +56 r+58 +62 +51 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For footnotes, see page 1. -25 +12 +18 +5 it +12 +60 +182 r+159 +12 - 1 + 6 +20 +17 +39 - 6 + 8 +10 +2it +23 +33 -10 +16 +15 + l +19 - 3 +68 r+it6 +29 +18 +29 +11 +21 +23 +lit +16 +15 +27 + 8 - 2 + it +11 + 3 +5it +39 r+73 r+66 - 6 8 3 5 2 + + + + + 3 r+ 1 +18 - 2 + + + - + + + + 8 +lit k +1U 6 9 3 it +11 +10 +20 + 8 6 9 +12 +13 A
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