Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 1, 1954
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U'3 T- 1justed indexes (19U?£i(5b # e y a g e imonthly s a l e s = 100) 1952 Jan. Dec. I Nov. Oct. Dec. Nov. o- J 1 Department Perce ntage change from a year ago | Weekly unadjusted indexes 14 wks. 1(1947-49 av.wkly.sales=100) One week ending 1954 ending 1954 Jan. Jan.30 Feb. 20 Feb.201Feb.131 Feb.61 Feb.20 Feb.13 Feb.6 Jan,30 a cat^ March 1, 1954 4 t y Sales i n s e l e c t e d departments ^ O : e.vW- " NOT FCR PUBLICATION SPECIAL WEEKLY R lPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL - F. R» GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/ + 3 + 1 0 0 + 1 84 90 85 86 p 81 186 123 112 77 84 190 121 116 F u r n i t u r e & bedding - 2 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 3 126 131 litO 151 pll2 103 121 132 12$ 120 112 122 133 Domestic f l . cov'gs - 9 -13 - 5 -5 - 8 85 92 90 94 P 77 81 109 122 80 88 91 113 122 Major appliances + 2 - 2 -a + 5 0 63 63 63 66 P 59 57 65 75 59 64 66 68 81 Radio,phonograph,TV - 4 + 1 + 3 + 2 0 110 116 117 117 P 225 157 l h l 95 115 244 160 166 T o t a l of 4 d e p t s . 1/ - 3 - 6 - 3 - 2 - 4 100 104 108 lilt P 90 103 110 118 9h 99 114 112 123 ALL OTHER SALES 1 / + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 82 88 83 82 p 80 196 125 111 75 83 199 122 115 2 99 ! p—Preliminary. , 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 p e m i t comparisons with^departmental changes. ~2f 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 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 denartments) 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 Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas CityDallas San Francisco United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales i n Selected Departments (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Page 2 Major household appliances F u r n i t u r e and bedding Domestic f l o o r coverings k weeks U weeks k weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Feb.20IFeb.13iFeb.6 Jan.30 Feb.20 Feb.20|Feb.13[Feb.6 [Jan.30 Feb.20 Feb. 20 IFeb. 13 IFeb.6 Jan.30 Feb.20 0 — 2 - 2 + 2 - 2 -13 T3~~ T - a - 3 9 - 3 3" r t ~=~w T T "TDT -11 ~-W Tnr "TT T T - 3 — 9 - 9 - 7 " W 0 - 6 + 8 + 6 - 2 + 1 - 6 - 6 - 1 1 +13 +30 +5 h - 7 -20 - 1 -10 - 8 -12 -11 +12 -16 - 1 +39 -13 - 9 - b - 9 -3k + 6 -18 +18 -21 - 1 +11 -22 + 3 -Hi + 3 + 3 -32 -15 - 5 - 7 - 5 -lh - 3 - 6 -15 +Hi - 7 + It + - 1 1 1 1 - 6 +13 - 5 - 6 + - 6 3 k 3 +5 +25 +10 -21 -16 + 8 - 5 -Hi +13 - 8 -10 - 2 - 2 +17 - 8 - 6 -32 +20 + 6 -21 + 3 +ltl -23 - 7 - 2 -12 -12 +36 -31 -25 - 9 - 9 -10 - 2 +23 0 -13 -lt8 -Uo -15 - 3 + 2 +11 -12 -12 -22 -12 -2ii -23 - 5 Radios,phonographs,television,etc. T o t a l of U departments h weeks One week ending One week ending ending Feb. 20 Feb. 13 iFeb.6 Jan.30 Feb. 20 Feb. 20 Feb.l3|Feb.6 | Jan. 30 0 + 1 + 2 ^-o - 2 + 3 — il -~3 - 3 +1Z* +66 0 +13 +66 + 1 "+52" - 7 -7 +18 -17 + 7 + k - k - 7 - 3 - 3 - 5 -28 + it -16 -17 -Itl -19 -23 - 5 - 5 +16 -26 + 2 -17 - 1 +37 + 3 -15 - 3 - 2 - 9 Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis +32 -2lt + 6 +2k +2k -25 +23 +13 +18 -50 -17 +k0 +38 -5k + 8 +83 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1. -12 -k3 -37 + 9 -1*5 -17 -5k - 8 - 8 +15 -51 +2k -33 + k -12 - 8 r ~rr - +2? -itl +k +kl -25 -12 -UO + k + + - 3 8 2 2 - 3 -2k -17 - 2 - 7 +5 - 2 +10 - 5 - 5 +5 - l - 6 + 1 + 2 + 6 - 9 - 3 +18 - 9 + 3 - 3 - 7 - 8 -18 - it -35 -25 o +10 - 3 +15 +5 +19 + 7 +23 - 3 0 - 6 +30 -2k - 6 0 Grand +18 +52 +23 -19 -52 -35 -16 - k Total—entire -10 - 9 -31 -20 - 9 +38 +51 + 1 - ? +bl +21 -16 +12 +1+8 +25 +22 - 3 +5 +37 -17 -3k +18 store -3k - 1 +11 - 1 - 3 +5 + + + + + - + 9 + 1 - it -5 -10 U weeks h weeks One week ending ending ending Feb. 20 Feb. 201 Feb. 13 I Feb. 6 I Jan. 30Feb.20 0 0 + 1 + 1 + 3 - k ~=nr + 6 + 2 + 3 TT + 6 0 + k + 3 + 3 + 3 - 1 -11 - It -3 - 3 - 3 + 2 + 2 -1* +5 +5 - 5 ™+nr + 3 - 2 - 3 + 2 + 2 -10 -2k - 6 +10 + 7 + 5 + 1 +20 + 2 - 5 - 3 + l - k + 2 +5 +5 - 5 + - + 8 + 3 — 6 -13 l l l l o o 8 2 3 k 7 1 1 1
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