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\V 3. b FOR IMMEDIATE REIEASE February 1965, WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED C I T I E S AND AREAS Areas and C i t r '*wittuie.AR^ 13V, F e d e r a l Reserve D^strfxfts Boston •\ Metropolitan Areas \ Boston !••• • Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence New York D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas ; New York-N.E. New J e r s e y Newark New York Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Lexington .Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown Cleveland Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown P i t t s b u r g h Wheeling for FRASER Digitized Mass. v Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Week ending i Jan. 30|• Jan. 231 Jan. 161 Jan. 9. 1 12 mos. 1964 + 8 + 3 +13 - 4 - 7 - 1 +14 + 1 - 4 + 8 +13 + 9 +10 + 9 0 + 2 - 3 +15 - 5 - 3 - 8 +11 + 8 +15 + 9 + 5 +10 + 2 + + + + + + + N.Y.N J . N.J. N.Y. +8 0 + 7 +14 + 2 + 2 -11 • + 4 + 1 r- 7 +16 + 6 +14 + 1 0 + 5 + 2 + 5 +14 +11 + 8 + 2 +. 9 + 6 + 5 Del. N.J. Pa. +16 + 7 + 3 + 8 +18 + 4 + 5 r 0 +18 r+ 8 r+ 6 + 2 - 5 - 7 - 3 + 9 +20 + 7 +24 +43 +36 +32 + 7 +24 + 5 +22 + 9 +16 +12 +11 + 7 +10 + 9 + 6 + 5 - 6 + 6 + 6 - 4 + 9 + 8 +11 - 2 + 4 +26 ' +11 + 1 - 1 + 2 r+ 2 + 4 + 5 r+ k + 3 - 2 .+ 8 + 4 r- 8 +19 r-13 - 6 - 8 . + 2 +14 +16 + 7 - 4 - 4 - 2 + 7 + 2 + 5 r+32 - 3 +33 +36 +40 +25 +17 +19 +16 +19 +19 +19 + 9 +13 +25 +25 +18 +18 +16 - '• 11 R.I. " " Ky. Ohio 11 ' " " • !: " " Pa. it. " W.Va. + + + + + 6 4 8 6 2 3 6 9 9 8 7 8 0 + 9 + 8 + 7 +11 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 7 H. 8. b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENTS .STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Cont.) Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Areas and .Cities Within F e d e r a l Reserve D i s t r i c t s Week ending • Jan. 30 1 Jan. 231 Jan. 16| Jan. 9 Richmond D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond D.C. Md. Va. Atlanta D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta • Augusta New Orleans Cities Miami C e n t r a l Atlanta Ala. + 3 0 + 5 +10 + 5 r+ r r+ + 8 0 +11 + 6 - 1 +23 +13 +10 3 6 5 0 2 +15 + 3 + 9 + 7 + 7 0 + 9 + 4: • . + 8 + 7 - 4 +14 + 3 + 8 + 7 +23 +22 +13 +18 +28 +35.-. + 5 + 4 +14 +11 + 5 +12 + 8 + 9 La. +14 - 5 +11 +14 . +11 -12 +36 +11 + 8 + 3 111. Ind. Mich. + 9 - 3 +12 + 5 0 +16 - 7 + 3 +11 • +29 +25 -,+ 7 . +16 +11 + 3 +17 + 6 + 5 +14 + 5 + 6 0 + 9 +12 + 6 + 11 + + + +15 +15 +13 +15 . Wis. 0 +12 +19 + 4 + 3 S t . Louis D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas . L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis . Memphis Ark. Ky. ho. Tenn. +16 + 6 - 5 + 1 + 3 +14 r+ 2 0 Minn. + 9 + 6 + 2 +16 +15 +11 + 6 +26 +13 + 8 +14 +12 +11 Fla. Ga. Ga. Chicago D i s t r i c t Metropolitan Areas . Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Minneapolis D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas M p l s . - S t . Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis S t . Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior; +20 +19/. +11 +14: +10-' + 2 +10 +12 + 9 + 6. + 3. +11 Fla. _____ 12mos. 1964 * - 5.. ; +10 + 8 + 9 + 5 - " " Minn, 6Wis. - 5 * +26 5 4 1 8 0 • • + 2' +10 + 9 | ...! | +15 + 5 li.e.b ra / «e 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) ; Areas and C i t i e s Within Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t s Kansas City D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Povntot-jn Kansas City S t . Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas l o e Angeles-Long Beach Doxmtom Los Angeles Westside Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San J o s e Portland S a l t Lake City Seattle-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--RevJ Bed *—Data not a v a i l a b l e . Percentage change from corresponding p e r i o d a year ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) 12 mos, Week en ding 1964 J a n . ;30 J a n . :23 J a n . 16 J a n . 9 " 0 + 8 + 4 - 1 -12 + 9 -10 +41 + 9 +14 + 2 + 5 + 8 + 4 + 5 r- 2 r- 4 +18 + 1 r+18 + 7 + 3 + 9 +11 -10 + 3 + 8 +23 - 8 +13 + 9 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 5 + 7 +20 +26 -16 +15 + 8 + 7 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 6 +15 + 4 + 9 Mo. +28 + 3 + 1 +13 + 7 Tex. +11 + 6 +12 +18 . + 2 + 9 +10 +12 +31 - 2 +12 +18 +21 + 2 +29 +26 +10 + 8, +16 +12 +12 - 1 +25 + 7 +19 + 8 - 6 +15 - 1 r 0 + 8 + 3 +19 + 6 + 5 +20 +16 +23 +11 +11 +13 + 5 +17 +22 +15 + 1 +26 + 8 + 5 +17 +18 +14 +14 +20 +17 +21. +13 +32 Col. Kans. Mo. -Kans. Mo. " Nebr. N.Mex. Okla. " " Calif. * * Ore. Utah Wash. 1 + 7 +11 +11 +11 + 5 +21 + 9 +17 + 7 r+11 + 9 +12 +11 0 +13 +11 + 9 + 7 + 4 1 + 8 + 5 .+ 4 + 2 + 4 +10