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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 2, 1963 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS Federal Reserve District ..." Area, and City • . UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo . New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New York * Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton Cleveland District Metropolitan Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Bowntowrf Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown ' Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Percentage change from corresponding period.a year ago fBased on retail dollar amounts) 6 mos.; Week ending • Julv 271Julv 201 July 111 July 6 1963 + 4 + 9 + 3 r±_i r±_Z + 8 +_6 +J - 1 - 2 0 - 1 - 3 - 8 + 1 - 4 + 7 + 9 + 9 -14 + 5 + 6 + -5 + 8 + 4 - 1 + 5 + 1 + 9 +10 + 5 -10 + 3 0 + 7 + 4 + 2 -10 ±_4 ±1 . ±15 ±17 + 5 . + 4 - 5 + 3 + 4 + 1 +12 +14 +2.3 + 6 + 9 +54 + 3 +13 +17 +19 + 8 +35 +12 + + + + + + 2 +10 zJX -11 + 8 - 4 + 3 -9 + 8 + 8 +21 +16 +12 + 8 +12 + 9 +12 + 2 + 1 0 - 3 0 0 + 5 + 3 Mass. . N.Y. N.Y. N.J. N.J. N.Y. " " , +J Del. M.J. Pa. " " " Ky. Ohio - 3 -16 + 7 + 1 0 + 2 +12 0 + 9 + 2 0 " - 2 " + 3 " 0 " + 6 - 4 " " - 2 + 6 " -10 Pa. . " . . . - 2 « - 5 W.Va. - 4 u +9 r+ + + r- 2 5 4 2 £l r+ + + + r+ 7 3 6 3 9 6 6 ±J> + 9 +13 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 5 + 5 + 2 +59 - 3 + 4 0 +10 ; +J 7 3 4 3 6 1 ±J +11 + 3 + 3 r- 4 + 4 + 8 + 5 - 3 + 5 -25 r+ 6 + 7 + 6 - 4 + 7. +10 + 8 + 2 +• 5 + 1 +11 +12 + 8 + 3 0 + 5 - 1 +11 + 3 + 2 0 0 - 1 - 5 + 4. + 4 + 1 - 5 - 1 0 -3 0 /r? H,8b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT" STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District " Area, and City: " Richmond District Metropolitan'Areas Washington' ; Downtown Washington Baltimore ; Downtown. Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans • Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chick go District . Metropolitan Areas . Chicago '" Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee ; * lit • r±-l D.C. Md. Va. • 4-6- r+ 7 4- 2 r+ 1 + 4 + 2 + 3 - 4 r+ 3 - 1 r+_7 Ala. - 7 - 4 Fla. +26 + 6 +22 + 8 r+12 r+12 + 1 Ga La. Fla, Ga. --- St. Louis District , Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mplsi-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban ' Cities Duluth-Superior Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago .—(Based on! retail dollar amounts) • Week - ending July 271 July 201 July 131 July 6 - 3 + 3 . - 1 - 5 + 1 - 7 - 4 + 4 r+ 2 r- 3 • ±_i 111. Ind. * Mich. Wis. Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Minn. + 6 -1 + 6 +12 - 2 3 3 4 9 3 + 1 ±11 +14 + 2 - 6 r+ 2 0 - 2 - 1 - 2 +10 + 4 , +17 + 3 + 5 0 +16 +11 +16 • + 9 +10 0 + 1 - 6 +11 + 5 +13 r+16 +14 + 8 + 6 +10 + 8 - 1 + 4 - 2 ±_2 +12 + 6 +18 +20 + 2 + 7 - 1 +12 - 2 + 3 :i - i +14 + 9 +22 + J - 6 . • '+• 5' 0 +' 3 + 4 r- 2 r- 1 r- 3 r+_7 + 4 ±_1 + 7 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 3 - 2 - - 3 + 4 + 1 +15 Minn. & Wis, + + + + + 5 - 3 + 1 2 + 4 - 1. 0. +9 > /s-93 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending July 271 July 201 July 131 July 6 1963 Federal Reserve District Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland .San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle Spokane Tacoma r—Revised + 6 Col. Kans, " No,-Kans, Mo. " Nebr. 11 N.Mex. Okla. " Mo. Tex. " " " Calif. " " n " n ii ii " Ore. Utah Wash. " " + 2 +10 ±_1 + + + - + 8 + 3 + 8 +20 -10 -12 + 3 +16 +18 +10 - 1 + 4 - 2 0 + 7 - 6 - 1 + 3 + 2 + 7 + 4 + 6 - 2 •' + 9 + 2 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 4 + + + - + + - + + + + 3 6 9 5 + 3 0 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 1 + 4 + 3 - 5 r- 2 +11 - 3 - 1 r- 7 - 3 + 3 + 4 + 3 -12 + 1 - 5 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 8 + 3 - 2 + 2 + 5 - 2 + 3 -18 - 2 -10 + + + + + + + + - + 3 6 5 1 9 9 1 2 0 +14 +10 + 4 + 9 - 3 + l + 3 - 7 -14 + 5 is- 8 + 9 - 5 - 3 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 9 + 1 0 + + + 8 6 5 6 r+ 3 r+ 7 + + + + + + + + +10 + 5 +.7 + 9 +12 + 2 - 1 4- 2 + 2 +11 + 4 -11 0 + 1 6 2 7 6 4 2 6 3 3 9 1 8 3 5 + - 6 3 1 6 9 8 0 6 8 3 3 3 7 5 2 *Not available 7 2 1 6 4 5 1 2 4 3 3 8 - 1 - 2
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