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January'10, 1958. "•
WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS
• Percentage change from corresponding
period a year ago . . .
. .. (Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts)
Week ending .
'Jan.—
Ntiv.. . Dec. 1UIDec. ;211 Dec. 28* 1 Jan. It
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t
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UNITED STATES
Boston District.
Metropolitan Areas >
• Boston
Downtown Boston
Suburban Boston
Cambridge
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Lowell
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Springfield
Mass*
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N. Y.
Buffalo
New York-N.E. New Jersey N.Y.-N.J.
N. J.
Newark
N. Y.
New York
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Rochester.
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Philadelphia D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas.
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Trenton
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Philadelphia
Reading.
Scrantort
%ilkes-Barre—Hazleton
Cleveland D i s t r i c t
•Metropolitan Areas
Lexington
Akron
Canton
Cincinnati
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Columbus
Springfield
Erie
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WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
"Percentage - change front corresponding
period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l dollar amounts)
Jan.Week ending
Nov.
Dec, m i Dec. 211 Dec. 2b*| Jan. k~
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t ,
Area, and City
Richmond D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Washington
Downtown Washington
Baltimore
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Richmond
Atlanta D i s t r i c t
Metropolitan Areas
Birmingham
Mobile
Jacksonville
Miami
Miami City
Atlanta
Augusta
New Orleans
Knoxville
City
Chicago D i s t r i c t
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Chicago
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Detroit
Milwaukee
S t . Louis D i s t r i c t
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L i t t l e Rock
Louisville
S t . Louis
Memphis
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WEEKLY DEPARTS®NT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued)
Percentage change from corresponding
period a year ago
(Based on r e t a i l - d o l l a r amounts)
Jan.Nov.
Dec. 1U| Dec. 21| Dec. 2{fo| Jan. ^
Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t ,
Area, and City
Kansas City D i s t r i c t
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Denver
Topeka
Mchita
S t , Joseph
Albuquerque
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Cities
Joplin
Kansas City
Dallas D i s t r i c t
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El Paso
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
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Kans.
Mo.
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