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H~Z F O R IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 1965. H.8.b W E E K L Y D E P A R T M E N T ' STORE I ALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS 1 Crt M O ^ 1 Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar a m o u n t s ) W e e k ending 1964 Jan. 16 I Jan. 9l Jan. 2l D e c . 26 Areas and Cities W i t h i n F e d e r a l Reserve Districts Boston Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell - Providence N e w York District Metropolitan Areas New York-N.E. New Jersey Newark New Y o r k Rochester Syracuse Philadelphia Metropolitan Areas Wilmington TrentonLancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre-Hazleton Cleveland District 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 Pittsburgh Wheeling 0 R.I. N.Y.N.J. N.J. N.Y. Del. N.J. Pa. + 8 - 3 +15 - 5 - 3 - 8 +15 + 9 + 5 +10 + 2 + 9 + 8 +10 + 3 + 6 + 6 +12 +11 +16 + 8 r+ 2 + 9 +14 + 1 + 1 + 5 +14 r+11 +12 +12 0 + .8 r+32 r+ 7 +24 r+ 5 +22 +11 +24 +43 +36 Ky. Ohio +11 + 2 +14 +16 + , + 7 5 4 2 9 + 2 + 5 +37 - 1 +33 +36 +40 + 5 - 2 0 + 6 + 8 +22 +32 +14 r+ 9 +12 +16 +21 +25 +17 +19 r+16 +19 +19 r+19 ,+ 9 r+13 +20 +20 +28 r+25 +18 +18 +16 +25 +12 +13 +13 +10 + 4 +17 r+ 9 +15 + 8 + 1 +44 + 6 +55 +43 +67 +50 +44 +57 +50 +54 +46 +46 +35 +43 +51 +55 +32 +43 +40 +49 +42 +73 +33 +43 +36 +28 +61 +41 +46 +51 +34 +31 +23 +62 + 4 + 8 + 6 + 3 + 4 + 6 + 3 +10 + 5 + 5 +13 +12 + 7 +10 +10 + 7 + 5 + + + + + - 8 9 8 7 7 1 + 8 + 9 + 8 +11 + 7 + 8 + 5 + 5 H.8.b Page 2 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT.STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS (Continued) Percentage • change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) 11 -mos. Weekending Jan. 16| Jan. 9 .1 Jan. 2l Dep. 26 1964 Areas and Cities W i t h i n Federal Reserve Districts Richmond District "Metropolitan Areas " • WashingtonT ... Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan.Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta New. Orleans Cities Miami Central Atlanta . . Ala. La. + 1 + 9 + 3 + 8 + 6 - 4 +14 + 3 Fla. Ga. +12 -12 111. . Ind. Mich. Fla. " Ga. " Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand Rapids Milwaukee Wis. . + 5 0 +16 - 7 + 3 St,. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. +14 + 5 + 6 0 Minneapolis District . Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis • St. Paul & Suburban. Cities Duluth-Superior +13 + 8 r+14 r+12 +11 . D . C ^ . ' +19 n "+1*9 Md. +12 +15 : Va. ; +10 + 8 + 7 +23 +22 +13 +18 +28 +35 . + 9 + 7 +10 +10 +14 +39 +25 +23 +33 +14 +42 + 8 • +35 + 3„ . + 4 1 . .+31 . +54 + 6 +39 +45 • - 4 +36 +11 - 8 +23 +30 +35 +11 +29 +25 + 7 +16 + 7 +15 +39 +12 +46 +28 +59 +37 +40 + 9 +12 . . r+ 6 +11 0 +15 +16 - 5 • r+5 6 r+61 +28 +77 + 5 + 1 0 +14 +46 +46 +36 +46 + +42 . T • . . +15 + 3 -. • + 9 7 + 7 +42 +38 • +56 +44 +47 + 5 + 3 +15 +11 .. + 5 +12 + 8 + 9 + 8 + 3 . +11 + 2 +17 +. 6 : + 5 + :+ • + + 9 9 9 6 - Minn. ; Minn.,&Wis. + + + 4 4 1 5 0 1 +15 +15 ' +13 +15 + 2 1 +11 + 9 : * +16 •• + 6 H. 8. b Page 3 W E E K L Y DEPARTMENT.STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) W e e k ending. Jan. 16| Jan. 9 1 Jan. 2| Dec. 26 1964 Areas and Cities W i t h i n Federal Reserve Districts Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Houston San Antonio San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles W e s t s i d e Los Angeles Sacramento Scm Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Salt Lake City Seattle-Everett Spokane r--Revised * — D a t a not available. (Continued) Col. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mo. " Nebr. ii N.Mex. Okla. + 7 + 3 + 9 +12 -10 + 6 + 8 +23 - 8 +12 + 9 + 4 + 8 + 8 + 5 r+ 7 r+20 +26 -16 r+15 +11 +16 +20 +18 +16 + 9 + 8 +32 + 9 r+13 Mo. + 1 +13 +17 r+39 Tex. +31 - 2 +12 +18 +21 + 2 +29 +26 + 21 +20 +22 +18 +50 +38 +54 +44 + 9 + 3 +19 + 6 + 7 +20 +16 +23 +11 +11 +12 + 5 +17 +15 + 1 r+26 + 8 r+ 5 +17 r+18 +14 r+14 +20 +17 +21 +13 +24 +16 +32 + 3 +20 + 8 + 1 + 3 +12 + 6 +14 +19 0 " Calif. " " Ore. Utah Wash. + 6 + 8 + 7 + 3 0 + 8 + 6 +12 + 4 + 9 +32 +30 +33 +30 +41 +29 +46 +61 +31 +39 +51 +28 „ +61 +32 +46 +47 +35 +38 +45 +48 +23 +52 +35 + ! ! | 7 +10 + 9 +16 +12 ;+ + 1 1 j + 1 | +11 i +14 1 + 9 + 7 + 5 + 1 + 8 + 5 + 5 + 2 + 4