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F E D E R A L R E S E R V E IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 1962 J.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND AREAS Federal Reserve District, Area, and City UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield Mass. •• New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo Mew York-N.S.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 Percentage change "from corresponding period a year ago • (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending July 211 July 14(July 71 June 30 + 4 _J3 ±_2 12 + 4 +10 + 7 +14 + 3 - 1 + 4 r+ 2 5 2 1 6 + 2 - 1 + 6 +10 + 1 + 2 + 2 0 + 4 - 1 0 + 2 + 3 •+ 5 ±i +i - 2 + + r+ + 6 ±_2 N.Y. N.Y.-N.J. N.J. N.Y. Del. M.J. Pa. " " " " Ky. Ohio " " " ' " " " " ' " Pa. " W.Va, ±1 +10 - 4 + 3 +10 0 - 1 + 6 r+ + r+ + + - ±_2 r+11 + 7 0 +12 + 8 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 7 + 8 +17 r+12 0 + 1 + 1 + 8 - 2 -13 -28. + 4 r+13 -27 +12 - 1 - 2 +11 3 7 1 1 7 1 +21 + 1 +10 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 1 + 6 1 + 6 + 8 -12 - 2 + 1 - 4 -10 - 4 +3 i-i - 2 - 2 -2 -10 -11 0 - 4 -17 r+ 7 r- 3 r+13 r+ 2 + 4 r-10 r-13 + 3 + 6 + 5 + 4 ±Jk 0 + 7 +13 + 2 +19 + 1 -13 +12 + 1 +10 +10 + 1 + 1 0 + 2 i + 1 , + 6 + 5 + 5 +20 0 5 — + + + + + + + ±2- 5 1 2 1 ! 5 0 -13 + 7 + 5" + '5 - 6 + 3 + 3 + 3 - 3 8 1 5 6 8 4 8 +_6 + " + : + 8 +20 + 2 + 9 + 4 + 8 + 3 +10 + 2 + 7 + 4 + 1 + 6 6 H.8b Page 2 "JEEKLY 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 D.C. rid. Va. Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Ala. Birmingham it Mobile Jacksonville Fla. ii Miami " Tampa-St. Petersburg - Ga. Atlanta Augusta La. New Orleans Cities Hiami-Downtown Fla. Ga. Central Atlanta Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago ,'J" Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis 111. Ind. Hich. Wis. Ark. - Ky. no. Tenn. Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas Mpls.-St. Paul Minn. ii Mpls. and Suburban Minneapolis " St. Paul & Suburban Cities Duluth-Superior Hinn. & Wis. Percentage change from, corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) WfceK ending July 211 July 14-1 July 71 June 30 ±JL r+ 6 + 2- ±1 ±_7 + 2 - 1 +11 + 1 +10 r+ r+ + + + + + + 5 + 1 +10 + 1 + 6 + 6 + 2 +11 0 .+ 3 5 1 8 3 5 1 1 3 5 2 r+12 m ii - 3 + 7 +17 +11 +20 +15 +22 + 1 '+ 9 ' +15 ' +12 r+ 8 +11 i+ 9 + 9 +11 + 1 +10 + 5 0 + 5 +12 + 4 + 8 - 7 + 7 +11 +10 +18 . +.3 - 4 - 3 0 + 6 + 4 + 8 +21 +11 + 4 + 1 + 2 +12 + 6 + 7 - 8 +11 +13 0 + 5 . +10 +14 r+ 7 ±_1 ±J +12 +13 +21 + 6 + 4 + 9 +12 + 4 + 3 + 8 + 1 -11 + + + - ±_9 +13 ±11 + 6 + 9 + 8 +16 +17 +18 + 8 +24 + 3 +11 + 8 +21 ±i ±2 r+J7 + + + 7 9 4 2 - 8 + 8 . +10 - 2 + 5 - 7 + 7 2 1 4 6 - 3 r+ 1 + 4 +11 + 7 . . + 6. + 8 +10 + 4 - 1 +15 + 7 + 8 _o r+ 8... r+10 - 6 + 4 "2,. - 2 - 4 - 4 +2 r- 4 - 5 - 1 + 2 + 3 (32; H.8b Page 3 WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Col. Kans. Topeka it VJichita rlo. -Kans. Kansas City Downtown Kansas City Mo. St. Joseph Lincoln Nebr. " Omaha Albuquerque N.iiex. Oklahoma City Oklahoma Tulsa City Joplin Mo. Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort '-forth Houston San Antonio Tex. u " || San Francisco District Metropolitan Areas Los Angeles-Long Beach Calif. Downtown Los Angeles " Westside Los Angeles " Sacramento San Diego San Francisco-Oakland San Francisco Oakland San Jose Portland Ore. Utah Salt Lake City Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma r—Revised Percentage change from corresponding period si year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Week ending 5 mos. July 211July 141July 71 June 30 1962 + 9 + 8 r+ 4 0 + 8 +11 +21 - 1 +21 + 7 + 3 + 1 +12 +13 + 3 + 1 + 2 +12 + 3 +17 +18 r+12 - 6 +14 +16 0 3 2 6 1 9 0 + 6 - 3 + 3 +13 3 3 5 2 0 - 5 - l -9 - 8 +10 - 6 + 2 + 3 + 2 -5 + 9 + + + + - 1 + 6 + + + + + + + + + + + 2 1 3 7 2 2 2 1 5 6 4 +10 +17 ±_9 ±10 + 8 +14 +15 +37 + 7 +27 +15 +18 +44 +19 +32 + 9 +11 +37 +14 +11 + 7 + 1 +37 +18 +31 + 7 + 9 +17 +12 + 9 ±JL ±A ±_2 + 6 + 7 + 2 0 +19 + 4 + 3 + 3 -10 + 3 +10 +22 -20 +13 + 8 + 1 + 5 +12 +14 + 7 + 4 + 5 +12 + 5 + 9 +14 + 8 +11 r+1 - 6 -36 - 1 + 4 +17 + 3 0 + 5 - 4 + 4 +16 +18 0 + 5 + 8 + 4 + 1 -11 + 7 +24 + 8 + 9 + 4 -4 + 1 +13 +31 - 5 +13 . *Not available r 0 - 5 + 4 r+ 8 +19 + 3 + 6 + 9 + 3 + 8 +22 +30 - 8 +22 " ~
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