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DATA Flit REFERENCE LfBftAKr FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO JBRARY :n 1 1955 NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL WEEKLY REPORT ON DEPART* TENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATES SUMMARY CONFIDENTIAL - F. R., rhULn'AL KkahXVt BANK OF CHICAGO Sales i n selected departments Monthly u n a d j u s t e d i n d e x e s (19lt7-lt9 a v e r a g e monthly s a l e s = 100) 195 it 1955 Oct. Nov, | S e p t . I Aug, | J u l y ? I Department P e r c e n t a g e change from a y e a r ago 4 weeks One week ending ending Nov, 19[Nov. 121 Nov. 5 | 0 c t . 29 Nov. 19 O c t . November 29, 1955 t July 93 79 128 109 101 87 76 lh2 115 128 128 115 131 110 101 81 63 112 110 91 77 61 93 87 105 126 67 82 72 73 92 + 3 Plli5 130 99 78 118 137 123 89 73 + 7 + 9 pl2U 112 115 101 113 11U 101 100 90 +11 + 3 villi 106 90 76 129 108 101 85 7k + u + 6 - 2 +10 + h pll6 F u r n i t u r e and b e d d i n g + It +15 + h + 7 + 7 plliO & r1 106 GRAND TOTAL SALES l / Z/ Domestic f l o o r c o v e r i n g s +16 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 6 pl21 Major a p p l i a n c e s +36 +2k +27 +2h +27 P R a d i o , phonograph, TV + 8 + h 0 + 1 T o t a l of ii d e p a r t m e n t s 1 / +10 +11 + 6 ALL OTHER SALES 1 / + 3 + 5 - 3 p—Preliminary, l / Monthly i n d e x e s f o r t h i s c a t e g o r y a r e n o t r e l e a s e d p u b l i c l y ; t h e y a r e shown h e r e s o l e l y t o nermit, comparisons w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l c h a n g e s , 2 / F i g u r e s a r e b a s e d on t h e a b b r e v i a t e d sample d e s c r i b e d i n n o t e below and a r e p r e s e n t e d h e r e s o l e l y t o p e r m i t comparisons w i t h d e p a r t m e n t a l c h a n g e s . For weekly movements of t o t a l d e p a r t m e n t s t o r e s a l e s , r e f e r t o t h e r e g u l a r weekly s a l e s r e p o r t H»8a (based on a b o u t 550 s t o r e s ) , N o t e : - - T o t a l 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 d e p a r t m e n t s ) of t h e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 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 d e p a r t m e n t a l 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 Louis Minneapolis Kansas CityDallas San F r a n c i s c o United S t a t e s Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland NOT FOR PUBLICATION SPECIAL TJEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SUMMARY BY DISTRICTS S a l e s i n S e l e c t e d Departments _ Page 2 ( P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a year ago) Major household a p p l i a n c e s ~ Domestic f l o o r coverings F u r n i t u r e and bedding weeks k U weeks h weeks One week e n d i n g One week ending ending One week ending ending ending Nov.l9 Nov. 19 |Wov.I2Hlov. 5 |Oct. 29 Nov.19 Nov. 191Nov,12|Nov. 5 I Oct.29 Nov.19 Nov. 19 iNov.12 INov. 5 | 0 c t . 2 9 "+ZT +27 +2ir 1W ~+~F +W + 5 + 3 + 3 +16 + 7 + 7 +15 + h + U __T + w T T B " w + m r 46 -13 - 1 - U - 1 ' — 9 + 1 - 9 +26 + 8 +30 42 U +11 + 6 + 5 —' 1 0 +15 + 6 - 8 +iit +20 - 2 1 2 -2k -2h 2 7 3 0 1 -19 + 2 + 3 + 7 + 1 -i6 + 2 0 +15 +81* +90 +65 +100 +77 +17 425 0 +31 +20 +58 +15 +23 +12 +3U + 3 +22 +15 - 2 — 1 +12 +15 +17 +12 + 9 +11 + 6 +1 +iit +1* +12 + 3 +1h +11 + 8 +21 +6it +19 +18 + 2 -39 +13 + 5 + 8 - 2 +1U -10 + 7 +11 + h +20 + 9 + 2 +12 +15 - 2 + 2 -10 - 1 + 3 — 3 +25 - 7 - 5 - 9 +17 6 1 3 3 + 9 +12 3 + U +25 - h + 8 -20 +h2 8 +31 7 + 1 + h + 2 +27 l i t 1 8 + h 1 ? 2 2 2 2 + 5 it - 5 T o t a l of U departments Radios,phonographs,television,etc. k weeks 4 weeks One week ending One week e n d i n g ending ending Nov. 19 Nov.19INov.12(Nov. 5!Oct.29 Nov.19 Nov. 19 INov.121 + 6 + 9 +10 + 7 +11 0 + 1 + 3 ' + 8 ' + h — r 3 + k + 3 - 3 -13 - 2 - 7 - h +iU + 7 +18 0 - 5 +19 - 1 + 5 -10 +15 - 1 + 1 + 8 -13 - 2 +10 + 5 - 1 +lh + 1 +26 +28 +31 +31 +21 +29 +37 +11 +60 +2h +ii7 - 5 +hl + 8 +13 +10 +16 +23 + 6 +29 +22 + 5 +16 +25 +53 + 6 +U2 1 +20 + 5 r- U +11 + 2 + 3 0 + h - 3 + + + - + + - + 5 + h 0 - 4 - 6 +21 - 1 +13 -17 +11 -27 +13 + h - 6 -12 + 7 0 +11 -25 - h - 7 + 9 -16 + 7 +12 +3k +17 + h + 5 -12 +16 + 6 +12 0 +16 + 2 + + + + 6 5 5 7 + 8 + 6 +13 + 5 + 5 + 3 +11 0 Minneapolis Kansas C i t y Dallas San F r a n c i s c o Fot f o o t n o t e s , s e e page 1 . +lh -15 0 -27 -10 + 9 -12 -19 -33 +16 0 -17 -29 -25 -13 + 2 —16 + 5 - 5 +13 -12 + - * 7 +16 +12 - 9 +11 -11 - 5 + 3 0 - 1 + + + - - 6 - 7 -16 3 1 8 8 + 6 - 7 —6 -31 - 5 -11 +12 +18 -11 + 8 - h i + 8 Grand T o t a l - e n t i r e s t o r e z / It weeks One week ending ending Nov. 19 + H — +10 - 2 + 6 + b — 6 + 5 - 3 - U + 2 + 6 - 6 + 1 r+ 7 - 2 - 7 -15 - 5 - 7 +19 +57 + h +lii +13 Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis - 5 +21 +20 +25 - h +18 - 5 +23 -11 +17 +91 +2b 2 6 3 2 + 2 +1U +15 0 1 3 2 9 3 2 8 3 h 0 8 1 + 2 + 7 + it U
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