Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : July 6, 1954

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CONFIDENTIAL

SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT O DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMAR^S/j^yr^
N

. f c S " "

Department

Sales i n s e l e c t e d departments
Percentage change from a year ago
k weeks
One week ending
ending
June 261June 19 j June 12I June 5 June 26 May

J(//

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
J u l y 6, 195k

^

1954

feut * 4

M
"
^
(19lj7-U9 aver^^/rf^gatjfty s a l e s ~ IOO)
1953
195u
June | May | Apr. | Mar. | Feb"
| Apr, [Mar. | Feb

GRAND TOTAL 1 / 2/

4- 3

+ it

+ 1

-18

- 3

p 93

100

90

75

97

99

95

100

77

F u r n i t u r e and bedding

+ 3

+ 5

- 1

-20

- k

pl08

9k

105

109

111

116

108

105

121

Domestic f l o o r coverings

+ 7

+ l

+ 1

-18

- k

p 80

70

76

72

67

85

83

82

80

Major appliances

+16

+22

+ 1

-lh

+ k

P 63

62

66

5U

88

72

66

72

59

Radio, phonograph, TV

-

2

+ 3

+ 6

-13

- 1

P 7k

76

107

90

75

7lt

81

101

95

T o t a l of U departments l /

+ 5

+ 7

- 1

-18

-

2

P 86

79

90

86

91

93

89

92

9k

ALL OTHER SALES 1/

+ 3

+

h

+ 1

-17

- 3

P 93

103

90

7k

98

99

96

101.

75

r—Revised.
p—Preliminary!
l / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category are 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 to 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 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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United S t a t e s
-Boston
FMew York
Philadelphia
Cleveland

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
SPECIAL YJEEKLY REPORT O DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS
N
Sales i n Selected Departments
Page 2
(Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago)
Major household appliances
Domestic f l o o r coverings
"Furniture and beading
U weeks
U weeks
it weeks
One week ending
One week ending
One week ending
ending
ending
ending
June 26 June 26 | June 19 | June 12[June S June IE June 26 | June 19 IJune 12[ June 5 June 26
June 26|June 19iJune 12|June 5
~=W TU
+T
~+I5~
+22
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+ 1
+ 1
- h
•3TT
- 1
+ 7
+ ?
~TT~
~=IT
-35
-12
TB"
-12
-19
•zxr
"+3F
-10
-11
-31
-21
+ 7
- 5
- 8
+ 9
- 1
+ 2
-31
+11
-20
+ l
+32
- 2
+15
+17
-11
-26
-2h
+12
0
-12
-12
+ 2
-3it
+10
-20
- 6
+ 2
+ 3
- 7
- 8
-22
+ 8
-17
- 2
- 8
- 8
+ 6
-23
-12
-16
-17
- 3
+ 1
-lit

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis

- 1
+%it
- 5

- 2
- 8
+11
+1U

-16

-12

+15
+50
+ h
+ it

Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dalias
San Francisco

- 2
+11

-lit
o

-16

-30

-16

-18

Richmond
^Atlanta
Fchie ago
St. Louis

+ 8
- 3
+13
+21

- 7
+10
+17
+25

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco
For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1„

-29
+30
-11
* 8

-19
+156
-22
+28

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




+19
-17
-16

- 1
+17
- 2
- 3

+ii
- 8
+29

-53

-15
- 6

-31
-32
- 9

+19
+36
+10
+ 9

+ 8
+ 8
+ 5
0

+ 6
+11
+11
+13

+5

-29
+200
0
- 7

- 8
-31
-23
-lit

-22

+55

+5

+13

-35

- it
- 9

0

-33

+65

+7 it
+ 6

-10

- 5

+32
-18
+ it

0

+25
- 6
- 9

-29
+10
-lit
-3it
-17
+ 6
-25
of it departments

- 5
-11

+ 3
+I4O
+11
+30
+18
+191
-17
- 9

+i|2
- 7
-11
-16
+ 9
- 2
+10
-10
+5
+ 6
- 2
- 1
-35
Total
Radios, phonographs, t e l e v i s i o n , e t c .
it week;
ITweeks
One week ending
One week ending
ending
ending
June 261 June 191 June 12 I June 5 June 26 June 26 I June 19 I June 12 I June 5June 26 June
- 2
+ 3
"^18"
- 1
+ 7
- 1
~+ 5~
-13
-TT'
- 2
~=2TT ^-15
+ 1
-12
-13
-10
-15
-27
- 3
+ 9
- 2
-2k
+11
+13
- 5
-2h
-20
- 6
- 8
-57
-22
-10
- 3
+ 2
- 7
+ h
- it
+ it
+ it
- 9
-13
-10
-10
- u
-15
- 2
-13
0
-12
+ it
- 7
-23

+62

-15
+5

+1*5
+66
+7ii
+ 8

- it
+66
+32
-27

+22
+11
-23
-36

+1h

+43
+22
- 8

- 8
+15
- 2
+37
-21
-17
-11
-23
store if
Ifweeks
One week ending
ending
261 June 19 ! June 12 I June 5 June 26
~I8"
+ 1
- 3
- it
-1-5-12
+ 2
- 1
-13
+ it
- 3
-20
- 7
+ 1
- 5
- 9
0
-27
- 3

+ 3
+11
+ 6
+lit
-23
-29
-10
r- 2
Grand T o t a l — e n t i r e

1

+17
0
+12

+16
+50
+20
- 3

+ 2
+ilt
+13

+ 3
+2it
+ it
- It

+ 1
+10
+ b
+ 8

+10
+ 7
+ 9
+ 3

- 2
+ h
+13
0

- it
+ 3
-22

- 5

-11
+17
-16
-17

0
2

0
+70
-15
0

- 5
+15
-21
+11

0
+31
-11
- 3

-22
-30
-19
-27

- 6
+15
-17
- 5

+5

+ 7
+ 1

5

-2it
-27
- 7
-23

2
3
3

+18
- 2
- 1

2
r+ 1

3
3
0

-16

6

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