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CONFIDENTIAL - F..-B. . SPECIAL TKEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SWk'lK¥\:i Sales in selected departments -A- ; - Department NOT FOR PUBLICATION > November 15, 1955 J ' %5 Percentage change from a year ago ''' %/1'k)nthly, unadjusted indexes 4 weeks (1914.7—U9 ''av^ftge monthly sales = 100) One week ending ending "19FT Nov,, > |Oct. 29 j0ct. 22"jOct'~i5"rNovT3 Oct. ~~J~Sept71 Aug. | July" Nov., Oct* Sept. | Augc | July GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/ - 2 r+10 +5 + 2 +3 ellii 106 93 79 128 109 101 87 76 Furniture and bedding + u + 7 + 9 + ii +5 el38 127 11*2 115 128 128 115 131 110 Domestic floor coverings + 3 +5 + 3 +5 +5 ell7 101 81 63 112 110 91 77 61 Major appliances +27 +2h +16 +17 +19 e 93 87 105 126 67 82 72 73 92 Radio, phonograph, TV +5 + 1 +1U 0 + h elltO 130 99 78 1U8 137 123 89 73 Total of h departments 1/ + 7 + 7 +10 +5 + 7 el2it 112 115 101 113 lilt 101 100 90 ALL OTHER SALES 1/ - 3 +11 + U + 2 + 3 ellli 106 90 76 129 108 101 85 7b r-"-Revxs3a0 ^ e—Estimated from weekly sales figures. 3./ Monthly indexes for this category are not released publicly; they are shown here solely to nerait comparisons with departmental changes, j?/ 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,8a (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. CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. .United States os ton m New York Philadelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS Sales in Selected Departments (Percentage change" "Trom corresponding period a year ago) Furniture and bedding Domestic floor coverings k weeks h weeks One week ending One week ending ending ending Nov. 5|Oct.29|Oct.22[Oct,15 'Nov, 5 Nov. 5 [Oct. 2910ct.22fOct.15 Mov. 5 + U + 7 9 +T ~ T T + 3 + 5 T T T " ~rx — 0 " ~~TT " T T - 9 0 TT -13 - l T T - 8 +11* + it + 3 - 1 + 7 + 6 +5 + 7 + h + 2 -16 + 1 -19 + 8 + 3 -26 - 5 - 5 - 9 +23 +15 + 3 +11 +16 + 7 +31 +17 +21 +21 +12 + 9 +11 + 6 + 1 +1U + 1* +12 0 +U5 - 2 - 8 + 5 +15 +11 + 5 - 6 -16 - 7 - 3 +12 + 2 +25 +19 +15 - 8 + 1 - 8 +33 -37 + 1 * + 5 +10 h + k Radios,phonographs, television,etc. a weeks One week ending ending tlov. 5 j Cet. 29Oct. 22 |0ct7gNov 0 + 1 + 5 +1U +T T n r -13 - 7 - 1 +16 +19 +10 +11 +10 +11* -20 +31 + 6 +1*3 +21 +65 +17 +35 - Richmond Atlanta Chicago St. Louis -12 + 7 0 +11 -25 — h - 7 Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For footnotes, see page, 1« -33 +16 0 -17 -29 -25 -13 + 2 + 7 0 +37 +11 - 6 +26 + 8 - 2 +11* -10 -10 -13 - 7 -17 + 2 +17 -20 + h Total of + 6 +12 +11 +12 -ll* + 3 - 2 +12 0 +16 + 2 0 +21 -23 -26 - U - 8 -23 0 -12 -11 - 7 +16 +12 - 9 -16 -11 + 1 + 7 +23 +1*1 +12 -1*2 +13 + 1 + 7 - 6 +13 +11 Page 2 Maj or household appliances [* weeks One week ending ending Nov. 5[Oct.29{Oct.,22|0ct.l5 Nov. 5 +16" +27 +2ir +17 +19 T T T T T T T T ttr + 8 +30 +28 +22 +22 —2ij. 0 -12 -12 -12 +90 +20 +65 +1*3 +53 +1*7 - 5 +1*1 + 8 +13 +10 +16 - 6 +1*1 -39 +55 + 3 +31* +29 + 9 -31* +32 - 8 +28 - 9 - 6 - 6 -11 +16 +1*2 - 2 -11* + 7 — 1* +25 -31 +22 + 6 — 7 +13 - 7 +60 + 3 +13 +12 -16 +16 +53 +1*7 -12 + 6 +22 - 2 - 1* + 1 + 3 + 7 27= h departments Grand Total—entire store £' TT weeks ITweeks One week ending One week ending ending ending Nov. 5 [Oct. 29 (Oct. 22"jOct, 15 Nov. 5 Nov, 5 'Oct. 29 {Oct. 22 {Oct. 15 Nov. 5 + 7 +7 +10" + T ~ + 7 - 2 r+i(T + 5 + 2 + 3 T T T -11 - 3 - 3 + 5 + 2 + 1 —er - 5 +1U + 8 + 5 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 1 +1 - 7 + l -13 + 1* - 6 -12 - 8 - 2 -15 - 5 -12 +26 +31* +18 +16 +23 + 1* +57 +11 + 3 +15 +16 +19 - 1 -12 -28 + 7 +11 + h +20 NOT FOR PUBLICATION +5 +5 + 7 +11 -11 -5 + 3 +13 -16 +33 +11* +10 +16 + 3 -13 +10 0 +13 + 2 + + + - 3 1 1* 3 + 3 -5 -15 + 7 +32 + 5 -5 +5 + 1 + 3 - 2 + 5 + 1* +11 -21 - 6 + l - 2 + 2 + 8 - 3 o r- h + l + l +11 + 9 + 6 + 8 + 1* + + + - 8 1 1* 9 2 -7 + 7 +13 +5 + 3 + 3 +7 - 1 0 +1* 0 - 1