Full text of H.8a Weekly Department Store Sales : March 14, 1955
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"T w0#* CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. ^ Department SFECIAL ilEEKLT REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED^IlBg OF °HICAGO Sales i n selected departments % i Percentage change from a year ago U weeks One week ending ending 1955 Mar. 5 FebT 26 Feb. 19| Feb. 12 Mar. 5 Feb. Jan. GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/ +23 + 3 +k 0 + 6 e 76 P Furniture and bedding +33 + 3 + 6 + 2 + 9 el09 Domestic f l o o r coverings +37 +15 +19 +36 +23 Major appliances +35 +25 +36 +U7 Radio, phonograph, TV +17 +10 +25 Total of li departments 1/ +31 + 8 ALL OTHER SALES 1/ +23 + 2 * ez " * t 3 NOT FOR PUBLICATION BANK March lit, 1955 , Monthly unadjusted indexes (I9lt7-li9 average monthly sales = 100) 195a 1953 Dec. I Nov. | Mar, I Feb. | Jan. Dec. Nov. 8h 191 128 90 75 80 186 123 pl2l 109 128 105 109 110 103 121 e 81 p 88 85 112 76 72 75 81 109 +3k e 71 P 77 65 67 66 5k 59 57 65 - 3 + 9 e 95 pl08 23ii lh& 107 90 101 225 157 +13 +11 +1U e 93 plOlt 109 113 90 86 89 103 110 + 2 — 1 + 5 e 7k p 82 202 129 90 7k 79 196 125 ^ « w u j . m « w v / u a. A vr«x 1/ Monthly indexes f o r t h i s 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 t o permit comparisons with departmental changes* For weekly movements of t o t a l department store s a l e s , r e f e r t o the regular weekly sales report H.8a (based on about 550 s t o r e s ) . Note:-—Total national sample i s comprised of some 115 s t o r e s (varies s l i g h t l y among departments) of the approximately 350 stores regularly reporting monthly departmental f i g u r e s . During March and April changes from a year ago r e f l e c t i n part the f a c t t h a t l a s t year Easter was on April 18 while t h i s year i t w i l l be on April 10. For t h i s reason i t i s estimated t h a t i n comparison with l a s t year an allowance should be made f o r an increase i n sales of about a per cent f o r the month of March as a whole and a corresponding decrease f o r the month of April as a whole. These allowances apply to the f i g u r e s f o r the United S t a t e s . CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. United S t a t e s as ton 6w York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco united States Boston Uew York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond lanta m cago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1. SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales in Selected Departments (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Page 2 Domestic f l o o r coverings Major household appliances Furniture and bedding 1* weeks it weeks li weeks (toe week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending kar.5 Feb, 561 Feb. 191 Feb. 15 Mar. 5 Mar. 5 tFeb. 561 Feb.19 jf'eb.I? Mar. 5 Mar. 5 ' 13feb. 561 Feb. 191 Peb.I?Mar. 5 +35T w +rr "+35" +5T +33 + 3 +6 + 2 +3? +15 TW +3T -+& TT ~=JT + tf +15" + T +22 T T 2 TT 2 + 3 T T T w w " W - 7 +20 - 1* +15 + 9 +1*2 + 8 + 1 +12 + 6 +16 + 2 + 9 + li +15 + 3 8 - 2 + 8 + 2 +10 +13 0 + 5 +1*6 +36 9 +53 9 - 3 - 9 +100 + 1 + 1* +78 +25 +170 +79 +33 +119 +12I4. +2*5 +113 467 +11 -5 +22 +17 +31* +51* + 9 +25 + 5 +10 + 7 +23 + 2 +23 + 5 +23 - 5 -12 +10 +22 + 7 +13 +1*2 +13 +1*1* +22 +20 +83 +6 -12 +11 -18 + 8 +38 + 7 + 5 +18 +16 +18 +18 +18 +12 0 +21* 0 +16 +83 +12 +33 + 7 + 3 - 7 +32 +26 +19 +15 + 9 +29 +13 +iOi -23 - 7 +21* +1*0 0 + 6 -18 +12 +22 +23 461 - U + 8 + 2 +6 - 2 -11 +13 - 1 +3b + 1 + 3 Total of u departments" Radios,phonographs ^ t e l e v i s i o n , e t c . k weeks it weeks One week ending One week ending ending ending lfer.5 1Feb.561Feb.19 jfreb. 1? H F 3 " idar.5 Feb. 561Feb. 19 | Feb. 15 Mar. 5 +31 + B +13 +11 TUT +10 +17 "+5T TT 3 "TT" +KT "+25" + 6 +11 +100 - 2 W T W + 2 +18 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 5 +25 +17 + 9 - 9 +6 +12 0 0 +31* - 8 - 2 -26 -10 -11 +18 +30 +31 +18 +103 +13 +87 + 2 -25 +57 —21* -20 - 6 - h +13 + 3 0 +1*1* - 3 +80 +32 - 5 + 3 +35 - 5 -22 + 2 +16 -1It - 2 + 5 +32 +l*o + 1* +22 -33 - 5 +133 +28 -11 + 5 -W*i +31 -10 +105 +88 - 6 +1*1* +12 + 8 +21* +27 +28 +26 + 1* +38, + 9 + 2 +11 +29 + 3 +19 + 9 + 8 +16 +11 0 +30 +28 + 8 + 1 +21 +13 +29 + 2 +26 + 1* +23 + 1* +29 +32 +10 +39 +51* +31 +31 +19 + 8 + 7 +152 +15 +60 +27 +58 7 7 7 1* 6 + 1* 6 + - 5 1 3 0 + + + 6 2 6 3 0 +n* +29 +18 +11 + r+ + + 6 7 3 1* + + + + 3 5 +11 + 5 +15 +17 - 3 + + r- 1* 3 3 2 + + + +27 +11* + 3 +22 +52 +22 +95 +16 +10 +30 + 3 +23 + 6 +38 -11 +96 +100 +il* + 6 + 9 +29 - 5 +16 +1*3 + 1* +16 + 5 Grand Total—entire s t o r e %/ i* weeks One week ending ending ifer.5 |Feb.56 |Feb.19 [Feb.15 Mar.5 +53 ' + 3 + 1 * — 0 - re+ i - 2 — 6 +T TT 0 + 5 + 6 + 9 r+ 5 + 1* - 2 + 8 +11 - 2 + 1* +17 + 1 + 1* +105 +11 +26 +11 +21* +20 +108 +25 +172 +12 + 5 6 7 0
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