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FEDERAL statist! (a RESERVE release f^AL R£^. * " N9? H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan District Boston Downtown Boston j Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield 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-Hazleton Cleveland District Metropolitan Areas Lexington Akron :Canton 'Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown Pittsburgh Wheeling FOR IiMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 1963 SELECT!J) CITIES AWD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ^pding. + 1 • + 4 + _2 ±10 Mass. i i " " " -±A ±Jt +J= +10 =JL + 7 + 6 + 8 + 2 + 5 -11 + + + r- 3 l 7 2 4 8 + 9 + 6 +12 +17 +11 + 1 - 4 - 9 + 4 +11 + 3 - 6 +15 + 1 - 4 . o + 2 + 4 +16 - 1 - 9 - 6 + 5 - 4 -11 - 1 - 3 - 9 - 6 - 2 + + + + + + =12 =23. z-2: - l + 4 -5 -18 + 1 -10 -12 + + + + + + * + 4 N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. " " Del. N.J. Pa. + + + + + 9 r- 1 3 0 3 r+ 3 7 . -10 3 - 2 3 r-13 +20 +_2 + + + + r- Ky. Ohio 1 1 " " " 1 " " Pa. " " W.Va. * 3 3 5 5 2 4 3 8 -15 + 1 - 2. - 8 -13 -19 - 4 +34 + 3 - 4 - 4 9 -11 -18 r+ 5 +13 +20 r+24 +36 + 2 +13 + 6 - 5 0 r-26 + 1 + 1 + 4 - 8 - 2 - 4 +10 + 3 - 2 +15 - 1 +13 + 4 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 8 + + + . - 2 1 6 5 2 0 3 5 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 1 4 +_2 r+_2 . + 6 + 6 +10 + 9 +14 - 3 -10 +20 + 5 - 1 - 6 +10 - 2 4 +11 . -29 -16 -21 -23 -15 -21-12 -21 -15 -13 -16 -17 -18 -22 + 5 + 8 - 7 + 5 - 1 -10 + 6 + 4 + 8 - 4 + 2 0 - 3 + 3 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 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Year Week ending Feb. 16| Feb. 9! Feb. 2\ Jan. 26 1962 +_2 Md. " Va. + 1 + 3 ±-5 + + - 7 2 1 2 1 r+10 r+ 1 + 4 + 1 - 1 + - 7 l 3 3 6 + 9 0 - 7 - 3 + 4 + 5 0 + 6 - 4 + 4 r+ 2 D.C. r+ 6 r+10 ±_2 +12 ±JL + 2 + 3 +11 + 7 r+20 + 7 +17 +13 - 9 - 4 +28 +15 +14 + 5 + 2 + 8 - 3 - 1 +16 +16 +11 +15 +32 + 5 - 2 + 6 + 8 + 8 +18 +10 + 4 + 3 + 3 +11 + 1 + 7 Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta La. +12 - 1 + 9 + 6 + 9 - 4 - 4 + 5 Fla. Ga. - 4 -10 - 2 0 +11 0 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee ±Jt ±_Z . ±A 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 8 >15 + 3 + 2 +13 - 8 + 4 -17 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis =JL +2 Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn, + 2 -13 - 5 0 + 9 Minn. rH n 0 Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Ala. Fla. " " Ga. + + + + 4 2 4 6 +_i - 3 -21 + 4 -21 + + + + 5 4 7 1 + 4 0 + 6 -17 -19 -14 -28 + 2 +11 + 4 + 8 + 6 Minn.&Wis. -16 -10 - 1 - 2 - 8 +12 +10 r_2 + 1 + 6 + 9 0 + 1 +12 +13 + 5 +10 +11 +13 + 6 + 4 - 9 - 6 -13 -16 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 7 - 8 - 3 . + 9 * >soi H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES Federal Reserve District, Area, and City- 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 City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco 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 Page 3 SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Bas< on retail dollar amounts') 3d Year Week ending Feb. 16| Feb. 9l Feb. 2 Jan. 26 l 1962 " " + 1 ±-1 + 6 - 7 - 4 + 1 -14 -10 +10 - 1 0 - 3 - 6 - 1 - 5 0 + 4 -11 + 7 - 4 -12 +20 + 9 + 8 + + + + + + + + + + 5 + 2 -15 - 1 + 4 - 5 Tex. 0 1 3 1 0 6 0 4 9 1 0 2 + 2 - 1 ±12 + 6 + + 3 +15 + 4 + 7 + + + +16 + 9 +10 +30 + + + + +_2 ±2 + 7 - 3 . +11 + 3 +18 + 5 - 1 + 2 +11 + 9 +12 + 2 - 1 +11 + 8 0 + 2 + 8 +11 + 6 + 3 + 3 + 8 + 5 +10 +12 + 1 + 8 r 0 0 -11 - 6 - 1 - 9 + 1 + 4 +15 0 -10 - 5 1 5 3 1 r+_2 + + r r+ r+ + + ±1 Calif. " " " Ore. Utah Wash. " - ±11 + 4 - 1 + 2 + 5 - 2 + 5 + 2 . + 1 - 1 +10 + 9 - 2 + 2 .0 +15 + 4 +13 +30 + 4 +11 + 3 0 +19 + 8 + 6 - 5 0 + 4 2 5 5 5 r- 2 r- 8 r- 8 + 4 r+10 - 6 r-11 -11 - 5 -30 +13 - 4 - 7 - 3 *Not available 1 3 1 8 1 3 2 2 2 5 4 6 9 8 9
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