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CONFIDENTIAL - R,: SPECIAL TffiEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—UNITED STATE^f^j^RY NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales i n selected departments Department ^ * I9S4L Percentage change from a year ago o l ^ ^ h i y u n a d j u s t e d indexes ge monthly s a l e s = 100) k weeks' (19 One week ending ending 195U T95T QqAug. 261 Aug. 211 Aug. lit |Aug. 7 Aug. 28 July | June | May [ Apr. Aug. | July | June | May GRAND TOTAL SALES 1/ 2/ + 1 Furniture and bedding - 2 Domestic f l o o r coverings + 1 - 1 0 + 3 - 3 0 - 3 + 1 + 1 Major appliances +13 +12 Radio, phonograph, TV + 9 Total of b departments 1/ ALL CTHER SALES 1/ September 7# 195U | Apr 76 96 93 100 87 77 97 99 95 - 1 pill 10U 108 9h 136 112 111 116 108 -13 - h p 61 62 80 70 83 61 67 85 83 + 3 + h + 7 p 90 88 65 62 7h 83 88 72 66 + 6 + h + h + 5 P 7k 73 73 76 93 73 75 71* 81 0 + h - 2 0 P 92 87 87 79 10U 89 91 93 89 + 2 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 P 7h 97 9U 103 8Ii 76 98 99 96 1 - P P—Preliminary. r—Revised. 1/ Monthly indexes f o r t h i s category are not released publicly; they are shown here s o l e l y to permit comparisons with departmental changes. 2j Figures are based on the abbreviated sample described i n note below and are presented here solely to peunit 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 to the regular weekly sales report 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 stores (varies s l i g h t l y among departments) of the approximately 350 s t o r e s regularly r e p o r t i n g monthly departmental f i g u r e s . CONFIDENTIAL - F. R. ' United States Boston few York TOiladelphia Cleveland Richmond Atlanta Chicago S t . Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco United States Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland SPECIAL YilEEKLY REPORT ON DEPARTMENT STORE SALES—SU MARY BY DISTRICTS NOT FOR PUBLICATION Sales in Selected Departments (Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago) Page 2 Major household appliances Domestic f l o o r coverings Furniture and bedding k weeks it weeks it weeks One week ending One week ending One week ending ending ending ending Aug.25 Aug.21 Aug. m i Aug. 7 Aug,20 Aug. 2d Aug. 21 Aug. lit |Aug. 7 Aug.2d Aug.2d Aug. 21 Aug. lit Aug. 7 Aug. 2d + U + 7 +12 + 3 + 1 +13 + 1 - it 0 -13 - 1 + 3 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 1 -27 + 5 -lit +23 -28 - 3 -17 - 8 - 8 + 7 - 3 - U - 7 - 5 +3it - 8 + 1 +it3 - 2 +ii7 0 +55 +16 -11 -13 + $ + 9 + 7 - 3 -18 -25 -22 -2 it -26 - 1 -20 +2h -17 -21 -3h -17 -hh - 5 -35 +8 -20 +18 +23 +16 - 8 -16 - 8 + 6 -25 -16 -12 + 5 + 3 - 7 + 2 + 3 +25 - 7 + 5 +22 - 7 - 2 +10 - 3 - 3 + 9 0 +22 + 5 +25 + + + + U 9 5 6 +29 - 3 + 9 +19 - 6 + 2 + it +16 + 6 +itl + 5 -13 + 7 -29 - 5 -19 0 +21 0 +21 + 8 - 6 -32 -17 - 3 -10 + 1 -15 +10 +12 +13 -15 - 5 - 5 0 +22 - 6 + 9 +12 -31 +lit -32 - 7 -10 0 0 -10 6 +13 + 7 -12 - 3 Total of it departments Radios,phonographs,televisi on,etc. it weeks One week ending One week ending ending Aug.2d Aug.21 Aug. lit Aug. 7 Aug. 2d Aug. 2d Aug. 21 (Aug. lit Aug. 7 0 - 1 - 2 + 6 + h + 9 + h + 5 + U 6 + 1 6 - 2 +13 +12 + k - h - 7 0 + 2 0 -16 -11 + 9 + 7 -Hi -Hi -16 + 6 +10 -11 -lit -36 -111 -29 - 5 - 6 + 8 0 +16 -lit -lit + 5 +19 - 7 + + + + 9 3 3 2 -10 +32 +10 +37 + 1 + 1 +36 +12 0 +35 +19 -32 + + - 3 3 5 7 +32 -17 +31 +ll - 8 -20 + 8 - it store V it weeks U weeks One week ending ending ending Aug.28 Aug. 20l jAug.21JAug.lit Aug. 7 Aug. 2d 0 - 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 + 2 0 + 6 + 6 3 - h + 5 + 3 + 8 + 7 + it + 5 -11 -11 - 6 -20 -17 - 9 - 6 it 6 it - 9 - 5 + 6 6 1 1 -21 +71 +11 + 2 Grand -2it -3h +10 +it0 +12 -21 +29 + 9 Total--entire Richmond Atlanta Aicago * . Louis +33 +20 +31 + 2 +20 +2h +10 -17 - 3 +hh +19 + 6 -6 + 2 +15 +35 +10 +23 +19 + 1 +10 + h +25 + 2 + 3 +21 0 + 5 + 7 +18 +5 - 3 0 + 6 + 5 +13 + 5 +12 + 9 + it +11 +10 + ii 0 + r+ + - 1 5 1 1 + + + - 6 6 3 3 + + - Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas San Francisco For f o o t n o t e s , see page 1, -28 -lit +15 -16 - 5 +30 -28 -10 - 9 +60 -21 +12 -lit +25 - 6 + 9 -lit +22 -13 - 3 -lit +11 +11 - 9 -11 + 8 - 1 + 1 -17 +23 -22 + 8 +15 - 1 - 9 - 6 - 8 +10 - 7 - 2 + * - + + r+ 3 3 2 3 + + 1 5 2 3 + 5 - l - l 0 - 3 +18 +17 + 2 5 l l i 3 5 l 2 + + + - h 7 2 2 0 + 1 - 1 + 1
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