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- •• • - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 1962 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, ' Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District . Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. " New York District Metropolitan Areas N.Y. Buffalo Mew York-N.E.Uew Jersey N.Y.-M.J. N.J. Newark New York N.Y. u Rochester Syracuse " Philadelphia District Metropolitan Areas Del. Wilmington II.J. Trenton Lancaster Pa. Philadelphia " n Reading Scranton '•rilkes-5arre-TIazleton " Cleveland District • Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie , Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling Ky. Ohio Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 10 mos, Dec. 1|I Nov. 24|Nov. 17|Nov. 10 1962 - 2 r+ 2 ±_5 + 2 z±0 0 - 9 +24 0 . 1 -11 -15 - 5 +32 +30 . +35 +29 +46 + 9 -10 -12 - 7 - 5 -16 -14. " " " " " Pa. " " VJ.Va. + 1 + 1 - 7 r+10 - 8 - 7 - 5 + 2 - 1 + 6 + 6 - 2+ 1 - 5 + 1 -18 +27 + 2 z_5 r+ 4 r+11 rj_2 + 4 - 3 - 5 -11 + 3 r- 4 +11 + 2 0 + 5 - 2 + 3 0 0 + 4 .+ 1 - 5 r- 3 + 3 + 1 - 4 r- 6 + 1 r- 3 + 9 + 5 - 2 - 8 - 1 - 5. 0 . * r- 3 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 3 - 3 ,± ± . - 5 + 3 + + + + 5 2 3 5 4 + 1 + 5 0 + 3 - 3 + 6 + 1 + 8 + 1 - 4 - 3 + 1 - 6 + 3 + 1 - 8 - 4 + 2 r+13 0 - 5 • - 5 - o.-v + 5 - 4 - 7 -16 -10 +12 + 3 + 4 + 7 + 8 + 7 - 6 - 4 + 2 0 r- 4 - 7 -12 r- 7 0 + 4 - 8 + 5 +11 - 5 - 6 - 3 - 7 - 5 -11 " , 1 ±_i + 3 - 6 . - 9 + 1 + 2 - 1 -13 + 9 - 7 -12 - 6 r- 4 - 4 - 1 r+ 3 - 1 - 5 - 7 - 2 - 8 + 6 0 - 9 + 6 + 3 -13 r- 6 + 9 . - + 7 - .6 + 8 - 3 + 4 - 8 + 1 - 5 - 8 - 3 I - 2 + 4 ' Page 2 H.8b •JESKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Area, and City Richmond District• Metropolitan Areas D c Washington * * • Dovmtown Washington ^ " Baltimore • Downtown Baltimore " Va Richmond • Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham mobile Jacksonville Tampa-it. Petersburg : Atlanta ; Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan -^reas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee men St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas /Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memnhis Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Minn. Mpls.-St. Paul | • ipls. and Suburban " Minneapolis " St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn.&Vis SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage change i'rom correspond^ - • • period a.year ago (Based on retail dollar amountsL 10 mos VJeek ending 1962 Dec. IINov. 24jNov 17 Nov " H.8b Page 3 •WEEKLY DEPaRTliENT STORE SALE J - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) . Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 10 mos, Dec. 11 Nov. 241 Nov. 171 Nov. 10 1962 Federal Reserve District, Area, and CityKansas City District Metropolitan areas Col. Denver Kans. Topeka Wichita Mo.-Kans. Kansas City Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Mebr. Lincoln Omaha M.Mex, Albuquerque Okla. Oklahoma City " Tulsa City Mo. 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 Tex. " " Calif. Ore. Utah Wash. " I=_l - 3 -20 - 2 + 5 - 4 -12 - 2 - 2 + 2 + 1 - 3 ±_1 + + + + + r+ + + + 1 1 4 8 5 9 3 8 5 2 2 - 5 +16 + 1 ±1 + 2 + 2 0 +12 + 1 +17 - 1 +11 ±_3 +__3 - 1 - 4 - 5 + 9 - 6 + 5 + 2 - 1 + 3 +12 +11 + 6 + 2 + 1 + 4 0 - 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 0 - 4 + 2 + 4 +13 - 1 + 3 - 4 *Not available +_2 +J3 + + + + + - 6 8 1 5 3 1 3 7 5 2 3 - 2 - 8 - 1 +17 +12 + 2 + 3 + l - 4 + 1 + 3 0 2 1 7 l 2 2 1 0 + 5 + 3 - 9 + 8 + 3 - 5 *12 + 4 +12 - 4 0 - 1 + 1 + + + + + | i-Z r+ 8 r+ 3 + 1 +11 +12 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 6 + 6 +14 + 6 + 9 r+15 + + + + 7 8 9 9 +_5 + 7 + + + + 8 0 + 3 + 8 +14 + 6 + 4 + 4 +10 + 4 +10 +13 0 + 9 9 6 8 1 7 0 4 4 1 4 8 0 - 2 + 4 + + +
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