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H„8b Y/EEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS "Percentage change from eerresponding : ... •• •••• period a y ear: ago ... (Based on retail dollar amounts) \)an« Week ending Sept, Nov* 2 | Novo! $ | Nov, 16|WoVe. 2 > Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED. STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown .Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy ' Lowell City Springfield r- 6. • . + 2 ... 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 %ilkes-Barpe'—Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland . Downtown .Cleveland Columbus Springfield. Toledo Erie ,/ - . Pittsburgh Whe el ing-S teubenville ' Mass. " " " " , " N. Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N. Y. " " Del. N. J.. Pa. . " " 11 11 Ky. Ohio - 2 . " 0 - 2 +.$ + U 0 - 1 t i - 2 - 7 + 7 . +10 + 3 -7 -11 + 2 + 5 - k •- 5 U SI +10 > 6 ; 0 -13 -13 + k + 6 - 1 +11 +1 + 6 - 3 ** - 3 0 + k. +5 + 1 +13 - i + 7 - Y o -10 - 3' r-12 - 1 - 5 + 1 + 2 + 6 'z±. + 2 + 8 +. 2 - 1 +1 - +11 0 0 +3U 0 + 1 + .8 -20 - 1 - 1 r- 3 - 6 r-11 + 8 + 2 -13 +- 2 + 3 0 + 1 +. 1 + 2 r- 5 +, 8 2 + £ " . - 3 " 0 ** " 0 11 . - h " - 6 Pa... 0 " + U V i i . V a . & O h i o + i; 11 + L -h o -16 r+ 2 ** - 3 -1U - 3 -5 + 7 +13 -h -10 . r- 2 -9 1 2 .1 5 9 * 0 r-18 5 r-16 r- 6 - 5 + 2 - 8 - 5 • - 2 0 -10. - 7 —16 - 5 -11 t 6 - Q 0 ••+. 5 +ii|. , + 6 + 9 i r +11 -19 H.8b 390 Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding ' " period a.year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Viieek ending Jan,Sept. Nov. 2 1 Nov. 9 I 1 Nov a 16 | Nov, 23* Federal Reserve District, Area, and City.T Richmond District Metropolitan Areas D. C. Washington Downtown Washington : Md, Baltimore " Downtown Baltimore Va. Richmond Ala. Fla. It Ga. 11 La. Tenn. Fla. ; St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and^Suburbs St. Paul Cities Duluth-Supe rior + + - u U' 9 5 2 + 2 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas • Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami- / Miami CityAtlanta Augusta New Orleans Knoxville Nashville CityTampa Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis : Detroit Milwaukee z£ ; 111. Ind. Mich. %is. Ark, Ky. • -Mo. Tenn. - 3 U a. 3 3 " ' " Minn.&Wis. +10 + 2 ?' r 0 3 r- 6 r-10 t-r 5 - 3 -•b - 5 - 3 - 6 + 1 0 — 8 + 2 + 6 + 3 -13 - 1 + 3 +18 +11 . - 1 • 0 + 3 r+ 1 6 + 3 - 9 . U- , -5 . r-10 + 7 - 9 -13 - 1 - 1 .+ 6 — -13 - 2 - 8 r- 5 -12 r- 1 - 9 ** •* h . + l -21 . - 7 -7 -30 -w* P+ — b 8 -20 ** +10 - 3 + 2 :U. -J± - 2 -10 +• u 0 . + 2 + 1: + 3 - 3 -16 - 5 - h - 8 +19 - 7 - 6 -12 -12 . -14 + + + - 8 • - 6 zlk 1_3 -23 -11 0 , -19 +18 -16 - 2 -18 - 2 -13 -15 -Ik •+ 1 - 2 - 1 ' + 2. - 2. + 3 . Minn. - 5> - 7 • - 9 - 9 ** - h • : +' 2 -11 . .. . + 1 3 2 1 3 + 1 - 8. .. :tl4. -15 - 8 zA + 2 + 3 0 - 8 • - 2 -2 - 2 -3 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 7 -10 - 7 ** ' H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND Federal Reserve District* Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka "Wichita St. Joseph Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa Cities Joplin Kansas City Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Viorth Houston San Antonio Percentage changfe from corresponding period a! year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Vte'ek ending Sept. Nov. 2 | I Nov. 91 Nov. 161 Nov. 23* _£ Col. Kans. Mo. "N. Mex. Okla. Mo. + + > 1 1 - 8 ! - 8 +10 . 6 2 2 2 + 6 - 8 f ? r21 f k flU f-13 - 1 -11 -12 - 1 - 1 r-17 -lit. +13 - 1 - 8 +19 +itl +19 + 7 - k - 1 - 3 -11 -16 -11 -10 r- 9 -3 + 7 + 3 San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles Vvestside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francis co-Oakland San Francisco City Oakland Portland Ore. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma | 6 + 1 - 9 -13 -10 -13 - 6 -12 h - 6 l± - 7 +16 + 2 + 3 + 5 +10 + 1 + 3 -18 -10 - 2 - 3 +10 - 3 -13 -12 1. -15 - 2 - u - 7 -13 0 +16 +3U + I4. - 8 +21 -+ 1 - 8 ~ Tex. lS (Continued) + 2 - 1 + 3 +18 + 2 0 - 1 - 3 - 1 + 2 + 2 0 - k - 7 -12 - 8 + 2 - 9 - 6 - 7 -11 - h + h - 7 - 4 -15 +3 r+ 8 1+5. r+10 1+18 + 7 r 0 1 0 .- 7 0 I + U - 5." +10 •11 - 8 + 5 - 6 -13 - 5 + 8 + 1 - 8 + 2 +20 - 1 + k + 3 - 6 +3U + 2 + h + 6 -15 - 9 - 7 - 7 -17 -11 - 1 - 8 - h -18 r—Revised. ' ' —Data not aval lable. *—Comparisons are affected t$y the fact that Thanksgiving Day is' one week later this year than last.
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