Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : June 15, 1953

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CONFIDENTIAL

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DATA FILE
REFERENCE LIBRAHt
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

Sales i n s e l e c t e d departments

JUN 1G # 3
Department

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT" STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY

June 15, 1953.

Monthly u#W3%K##) indexes
change from a year ago Weekly u n a d j u s t e d indexes
(19^1
average monthly s a l e s = 100)
ffcUfc*
(19i|.l
aver.weekly
sales=100
"5 wweeks
171
eek
O F ^ H - e e k ending
1952
1953"
ending
1953
~
June|May
|Apr. [Mar. [Feb
May
Apr.
Mar.
Feb,
June
61May
50
[May
231
May
16
June 61 May 301 May 231 May TF June 6

GRAND TOTAL SALES 1 / 2 /

+ 3

r- k

+ 6

+ 7

+ 3

225

185

216

208

e209

202

212

163

196

210

20U

195

16U

F u r n i t u r e & bedding

+ 3

- h

+ l

+ 2

0

236

205

253

238

e211

209

199

232

201

220

186

191

230

Domestic f l . ' cov'gs

-10

-12

0

- h

- 8

177

161

208

195

el7ii

179

169

17k

11*6 188

165

171

176

Major appliances

- 6

-5

-12

-16

-11

255

230

2hh

21U

e220

193

226

17k

278

262

167

207

166

Radio,phonograph,TVl/

-11

-20

-19

~2h

-19

260

211

252

22l

e20U

232

289

272

238

2Wi

216

297

290

T o t a l of U d e p t s . l /

-

- 7

-

6

228

200

2U.

222

e203

202

206

213

205

222

181

200

213

ALL OTHER SALES 1 /

+ li

+ It

225

rl83

21U

206

e209

202

213

157

195

209

207

19lt

158

k

9 - 5
— 3

+7

+9

r—Revised,
e—Estimated from weekly s a l e s f i g u r e s ,
1 / Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category are not r e l e a s e d publicly? t h e y are shown here s o l e l y to permit comparisons with departmental changes.
"5/ Figures a r e based on the abbreviated sample d e s c r i b e d 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 t o the r e g u l a r weekly s a l e s r e p o r t H.8 (based on about 550 s t o r e s )
Note;—Total n a t i o n a l saple 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 .




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United S t a t e s
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas CityDallas
San Francisco

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

NOT' FOR PUBLIC ATION
SPECIAL WEEKLY REPCRT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY 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'
Domestic f l o o r coverings
k weeks
It weeks
U weeks
•One week ending
One week ending
One week ending
ending
ending
ending
June 6 May 30 May 231 May 16 June 6 June 6 May 30jMay 23|May 16 June 6 June 6 May 30 May 23 May 16 June 6
-10
- 8
+ 2
-11
-12
-12
0
- 6
- 5
0
4* 1
+ 3
-16
— 4
- 4
-hO
-10
+10
9
+20
+
6
-2h
-lt6
—52
—41
-10
1
9
— 1
+27
-45
0
+ 1
+ 2
0
- 2
+ it
1
+ 1
-12
+13
+ 6
- 6
- 3
-13
- 3
+
8
6
+15
+11
+ 6
-21
-15
+ 8
+16
+ 6
+ 2
-19
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 1
+19
+ 2
-15
-17
- 8
-17
- 6
-32
-15
-17
+ 5
-15
- 7
- 4
-23
- 6
+ 9
- 4

-12
+42
- 4
- 4

+ 1
-12
+11*
- 5

+
+

8
9
5
1

- 3
-36
- 2
- 2

-14
-53
- 7
— 5

+13
+59
+ 1
- 2

-26
-37
- 2
- 9

-11
-45
-33
-69

+ 4
-49
-20
-45

-28

Minneapolis
Kansas C i t y
Dallas
San Francisco

0
t-20
-22
+21

+25
-30
-27
+11

-25
+ 8
-46
+34

-a

-59
-29
-30

+46
-55
- 1

—1 1
+ 3
-21
-16

- 3
+53
+ 2

-11
-13
- 3

* 9
0
+ 9
+13

-12
+11
- It
+10

+12
+ 3
+ 9
+11

+12
+13
+ 7
+ 3

+
+
+
+

0
+ It
+ 3
-18
-39
-lit j - 6

+ 9
+lit
, + 6
+10

-11

+
+
+
-

+ 6
+ 3
-12
- it

+ 3
+ 6
0
1 - 2

+ 1
-lit

-23
-17
+ 4
+ 1

-15
+ l
-12
- 8

+ 3
-18
+ 1
-23

- 8
-19
-5
-5

-15
0
-39
I +16

+10
+12

+5

- 6
- 8
-25
-15

-5

- h

+11

+ 2
0
- 6

+ 1
-32
-lit
-51

-37
- 9
0
+17

+h

-16
-49
-22

-ho

-26
+59
-18
+30

- 2
-21
- 2
- 6

- 3

-10
+10
+10
+26
+17
+37
-13
+24
- 4
- 8
+ 8
0
+ 1
+11
+ 6
+ 2
+13
-15
-18
-28
-16
+ 1
+ 2
-21
-12
-21
-29
-10
- 8
-18 1
- 1
+24 "i <*' 7 ' ': '• - 1 5
,-38.
Radios,phonog r a p h s , t e l e v i s i o n , e t c .
T o t a l of 4 departments
it
weeks
One week ending
One week ending
ending
June o June 6 May 301 May 231May 16
June o May ju j May dj, \ May id
-11
-20
-19
—24 i - 1 9
- 9 ' - 5 ' T 7
- 4
-hi
- 9
- 3 1 ! -30
-34
-22
-lit
-27
- 3
4-18
- 8
- 6
+
1
- 9
i- 1
+4
- 9
— 5
- 6
0
- 8
-17
- 1
+ 3
+ 3
- 3
+ It
-41
-19
-31
-16
-27
-11
- 2
-31
- 7

Richmond
Atlanta
Chicago
S t . Louis




-10
+ 3
+ 6
- 3

~ 2
-it
-19
+ 9

-16
— 3
-13
- 6

- 6
-21
-18
-33
+22
-15
-24
+ 7
-16
+19
-10
-lt2
-26
-18
r*29 . T19
Grand T o t a l — e n t i r e :s t o r e 2/
4 weeks
h weeks
One week ending
ending
ending
1 16 June 6
June 6 June 6 May 301 May 23 May
+ 3
+ 7
+ 6
— 6
+ 3
r- h
0
+ 8
-10
+ 7
- 6
-17
- 1
+ 5
+ It
- 6
- 2
- 5
+ 5
+10
+17
+ 2
- 3
- h
+
5
+
8
+12
6
+
5
- 9

-9

+ 2
+ 5
r— 6

5
It
2
7

1

7
6
9