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'IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 1966./ WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Areas and C i t i e s W i t h i n Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t s f Boston D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Boston Downtown B o s t o n Suburban B o s t o n Cambridge Quincy Lowell Providence New York D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas New York-N.E. New J e r s e y Newark New York RochesterJ Syracuse Philadelphia District M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Wilmington Trenton Lancaster Philadelphia Reading Scranton Wilkes-Barre Cleveland D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Lexington Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Downtown C l e v e l a n d Columbus Springfield Toledo Youngstown Erie Pittsburgh Downtown P i t t s b u r g h Mass. R.I. P e r c e n t a g e , change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g ... p e r i o d a y e a r ago (Based biii r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) 10 mos. Week e n d i n g 1965 Dec. 25jDec. 18| Dec. I l l Dec. 4 +17 +10 +22 +20 +15 +18 +16 + + + - 1 1 2 6 1 4 1 +21 +11 +18 +14 +32 + 5 r- 1 + 3 + 6 +14 - 1 - 1 0 + 3 - 8 - 3 0 + 9 + 4 +14 + 3 - 5 + 9 + 3 + 4 - 6 + 2 + 7 +12 + + + + + + + + + 3 2 5 4 3 4 3 - N.Y.N. J . N.J. N. Y. " " 4 4 2 9 9 + 5 - 2 . . + 7 +11 -JU Del. N.J. Pa. " " " +16 +18 +24 +24 +10 +16 +10 0 7 4 6 1 3 5 0 + 5 + 8 + 7 0 + 1 0 + 1 +10 +12 + 4 +11 + 6 + 4 + + + + + + + 8 5 6 4 4 4 5 + 6 +14 - 3 r+ 6 + 6 r+ 2 + 4 + 8 + 9 + 2 r+ 1 +11 - 4 + 5 +11 - 6 + 2 + 3 - 4 + 2 + 5 +10 + 2 - 3 + 8 - 8 - 1 +17 - 1 + 7 + 5 - 2 + 5 + 5 +27 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 8 + + + + + + + + + + + - 4 7 2 4 3 1 5 7 5 7 6 6 1 r + r+ + + r+ + -- Ky. Ohio Pa. + 7 +26 + 7 +15 +10 0 +16 +13 +14 >10 +11 +13 - 3 - H.8.b Page 2 ""S \ WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS ( C o n t . ) P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a y e a r ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) 10 mos. Week e n d i n g 1965 Dec. 2 5 | D e c . 1 8 i D e c . 111Dec. 4 Areas and C i t i e s W i t h i n Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t s Richmond D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Washington Downtown Washington Baltimore Downtown B a l t i m o r e Richmond D.C. Md. " Va. +19 +10 +17 +12 +14 + 5 - 5 + 5 - 1 + 1 + 5 +11 +19 +17 Atlanta D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Birmingham Ala. Mobile Jacksonville Fla. Miami Tampa-St. P e t e r s b u r g Atlanta *r- Ga. Augusta New O r l e a n s La. Cities Miami Downtown Fla. Central Atlanta Ga. +19 +22 +27 - 3 - 4 - 3 + 9 + 4 r+14 +13 +14 +11 - 2 + 2 r- 3 Chicago D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Grand R a p i d s Milwaukee +17 +26 +21 +13 +13 S t . Louis D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas L i t t l e Rock Louisville S t . Louis Memphis 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 . P a u l & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior * ! ) ; + 5 0 + 6 0 + 6 + 2 6 + 4 + 1 + 1. - 1 . - 6 + 2 0 + 5 + 1 + 6 + 5 + 6 + 3 +10 + 6 +23 - 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 7 +16 +23 + 1 + 1 + 2 ; + 4 + 4 + 9 + 8 +12 + 2 - 5 + 5 - 5 + 2 0 + 3 + 7 +16 + 1 - 1 +15 + 9 +16 + 4 + 2 + 7 + 4 +15 + 3 + 3 . + 5 + 2 - 2 0 + + + - + 5 + 6 0 - 1 I 1 I I 1 1 4 ! ! 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 8 +14 +13 . + 7 + 3 f 1 - Ark. Ky. . Mo. Tenn. +18 + 6 +11 + 7 r+24 + 5 + 5 + 7 5 2 5 5 I Minn. .. +15 +15 +13 +14 r+ r+ r+ + Minn.&Wis. +11 • r+10 1"1 6 6 5 6 5 5 2 5 0 > 1 - 1 + 2 + 5 + 5 | + 5 ? +10 + 3 + 3 + + + + H.8.b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS ( C o n t . ) A r e a s and C i t i e s W i t h i n Federal Reserve D i s t r i c t s " Kansas C i t y D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Denver Wichita Kansas C i t y Downtown Kansas C i t y S t . Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma C i t y Tulsa Cities Joplin Dallas D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Dallas E l Paso Houston San A n t o n i o San F r a n c i s c o D i s t r i c t M e t r o p o l i t a n Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Downtown Los Angeles W e s t s i d e Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San F r a n c i s c o - O a k l a n d San F r a n c i s c o Oakland San J o s e Portland S a l t Lake C i t y Seattle-Everett Spokane Tacoma r--Revised *--Data not a v a i l a b l e Colo. Kans. Mo.-Kans. Mb. Nebr. " N.Mex. Okla. u Mo. Tex. Calif. ii Ore. Utah Wash. " P e r c e n t a g e change from c o r r e s p o n d i n g p e r i o d a y e a r ago (Based on r e t a i l d o l l a r amounts) Week e n d i n g 10 m o s . . 1965 Dec. 251 Dec. 1 8 | D e c . :LI(Dec. 4 + 7 + 3 .+ 7 0 + 5 2 + 7 0 + 7 + 7 + 1 + 4 + 7 + 2 + 5 r+ 2 r+ 8 - 3 +15 +12 - 3 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 3 -10 - 3 - 2 + 3 0 + + + + - - 2 0 6 8 6 5 2 3 5 3 + 1 0 + 1 - 1 +14 - 4 + 2 +13 + 4 + 8 0 + 6 - 4 - 1 + 1 +26 +11 +16 - 1 +16 +10 + 4 -12 + 7 - 1 +11 -11 +10 - 6 + 6 +17 +14 +10 + 7 + 5 +19 - 4 +10 - 4 + 7 - 7 + 8 + 2 +10 - 3 r+ 4 - 2 - 7 - 2 + 7 +29 r+15 +20 +13 r+17 + + + - 6 5 3 3 2 0 - 5 - 5 +11 .+ 6 + 3 + 2 + 1 - 3 - 1 - 2 0 - - 8 + 3 + 1 - 1 0 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 5 + 9 + 2 - 1 + 4 - 3 - 4 + + + + 5 2 9 2 + 3 - 5 +10 0 + 2 • + 3 - 3 - 7 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 4 + 5
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