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F E D E R A L H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Mass. " Downtown Boston " Suburban Boston " Cambridge " Quincy 1 1 Lowell City . Springfield " New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo New York-N.E.New Jersey,N.Y.-N.J N.J. Newark N.Y. New York " Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Del. N.J. Pa. " Ky. Ohio " " " " ii " II " Pa. II. " W.Va. R E S E R V E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 1961 SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Oct. Week ending 1961 Dec. 9lDec. 21 Nov. 251Nov. 18 +1 ±_6 ±-l ±_2 i_l ±11 ±11 ±Jt ±J£- ±11 + 4 +11 +1 + 6 + 8 +18 + 6 - 1 +2 * + 6 + 9 + 3 +1 ±_2 0 + 2 - 1 +2 - 3 - 2 +1 +2 + 4 +2 + 9 + 8 6 + 7 - 4 0 +_5 +12 + 6 +20 +15 +16 -4 +14 +10 +18 +19 0 +7 +11 +15 +.Z ±_i + 6 + 7 + 6 +5 + 3 + 4 +10 - 2 + 6 0 +5 0 + 7 ±8^ - 2 + 6 rfl5 +12 + 6 - 3 . +3 +14 +13 r+ 3 + 6 +10 - + 8 + 6 +11 • +11 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 4 0 + 2 + 2 +_1 ±_6 - 7 - 3 +1 - 3 - 3 -11 0 +10 - 6 - 2 - 6 - 3 - 7 +1 2 3 4 5 3 3 +1 - 9 - 6 0 - 4 + 4 - 1 0 - 5 + 3 +1 - 1 - 4 - 1 + + + + - + 4 0 + '5 r+ 9 +7 + 2 r+14 + 7 - 2 r- 1 r- 4 r- 6 r 0 + 3 + + + + + - 2 4 6 3 6 4 2 1 1 2 0 + 3 - 2 + 3 +5 0 +13 +1 / 0 0 +3 +J. 0 + 2 -5 0 +l 0 0 0 - 1 + 1 .+ 1 - 3 - 1 3 - 2 +2 - 3 + 8 - 2 -7 + 2 +1 +2 - 7 - 4 0 ' : - 5 - 4 /2^3 H.8b Page 2 •WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECT!® CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on .retail dollar amounts Jan.-Oct. sciascianSi§jfe^: JJ61 Federal Reserve District, Area, ' and City Richmond District Metropolitan Areas D. C. Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore lid. " Do-.:ntox'jn Baltimore Va. Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville iiiami Tampa-S-L.. Peters burg Atlanta Argusta Columbus Kjw Orleans Cities x ami-Oownt own Central Atlanta Ch? ca<ro District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indian vpolis Detroit. Milwaukee St. Louis District l-ctropolitan Areas Little 'lock Louisville St. Louis Memphis • =-± ±_2 - '1 -'4 - 2 - 4 ~ 1 + 9' • + 4 + 1 + 3 +12 + 3 - 4 + 3 + 3 - + 3 -2 0 - 2 - 2 •+6. ±_1 r±-2 Ala. * + 2 Fla. + + + - " " Ga. La. 4 3 7 5 7 4 r 0 r- 4 0 r- 5 r-5 _o + r+ + r- 2 1 9 1 8 4 1 8 4 + 2 + 9 . ±_5 - 1 + 4 - 3 + 4 —0 111. - + - -nd. Mich. Wis. Ark. Ky. Ho. Tonn. 3 7 2 4 - 7 - 2 ' -9 -ll 1 4 2 1 - 5 + 2 - 2 -11' Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas - Hpls.-3t. Paul ilinn. Hpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth—Superior Minn .& Wis. - 3 3 5 2 -10 - 1 +10 + 4 - 7 + 3 +1-3 +10 . -6 - 1 + 4 Fla. Ga. 3 3 5 4 + 6 ±-2 + 7 0 + 4 + 1 ±_2 + + + 9 7 3 6 - - 3 - 3 -12 + 3 - + 7 - 6 + + + - - 4 'J : 6 3 1 2 rt_2 + 9 - l +13 + 2 - 4 - 1 + 6 r+14 - 8 ±A + + + + + + 0 0 6 6 0 i 0 3 2 I + 1 0. -4 - 3 ^_1 + - 3 5 1 4 + 1 + 1 6 5 1 7 r+ 2 r+ 3 0 0 + 2 + 3 0 - 3 - 2 2 H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE: SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) J an.-Oct. -Week ending Dec. 91Dec. 21 Nov. 25jNov. 18 1961 Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Topeka Kans. Wichita Kansas City Mo.-Kans. Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. Omaha . Albuquerque N.Mex. Oklahoma City Okla. Tulsa Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort V.'orth Houston San Antonio Mo. Tex. " " " " San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane " Tacoma r—Revised =J1 + 1 + 2 - 3 - 1 •+ 1 r+15 + J2 ±j£ + + + - 4 + 1 + 8 + 6 - 2 9 4 3 5 o - 8 + 6 + 4 +22 - 3 + 7 +22 +13 + 5 -8; +19 - 3 ±_2 + 1 ±_2 ±_L +11 - 3 +14 +11 + 6 - l - 1 + 4 +15 + 6 + 9 - 1 + 7 +12 +11 +11 - 5 + 8 +11 +10 + + + r+_S r+ 1 +jr + 8 + 2 + 3 - 2 + 4 +21 +30 + 5 + 4 + 7 0 - 3 0 + 3 + 5 + 6 0 - 6 + 1 +10 +27 - 1 - 2 + 1 - 8 - 3 + 1 - 1 - 6 + 2 +12 +24 + 9 +13 +26 + 2 z ~ + 2 + 1 - 6 + 6 + 5 + 9 - 3 + 8 + 1 - 6 0 +10 , +12 + 3 0 + 4 + 5 -10 -15 -17 - 8 -12 +28 0 + 3 - 6 - 1 - 6 - 8 r- 6 r- 1 +17 -10 + 6 - 7 + 8 r+21 +37 + 6 + 5 + 7 + 3 - 2 + 6 + 5 + 3 +10 *Not available + 2 - 2 + 1 - 3 + 3 +13 +14 +18 - 5 + 3 - l +21 -10 +' 6 • i - 2 0 5 2 4 3 0 + 1 + 4 + 1
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