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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, -1961. H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago (Based on retail dollar amounts) Jan.-Aug Week ending 1961,- Sept. 9iSept. 161 Sept. 23l Sept. 30 +• 1 __0 • r_l + 9 + 3 + 3 + 5 -2 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City ±Jt UNITED STATES Boston District Metropolitan Areas • Boston Downtown Boston Suburban Boston Cambridge Quincy Lowell City Springfield New York District Metropolitan Areas Buffalo New York-M.E. 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 Mass. + 6 0 +14 0 + 1 0, " " n " " + 1 - 4 + 8 0 - 3 - 5 + 4 " * N.Y. 0 N.Y.-N.J. + 2 N.J - 5 N.Y. 0 + 1 1 " . Ky. Ohio 11 " " it . 11 Pa. 11 " W. Va - 7 - 7 + .1 - 6 - 3 + 6 - 3 - 6 -14 -10 • + 4 + 1 - 8 - 6 -10 - 9 - 3 - 8 - 6 - 6 - 9 - 7 -14 - 8 - 5- 0 - 2 - 4 + 1 - 4 + 9 -2 - 6 + 2 + 1 + 4 - 8 - 4 0 - 5 - 4 -15 -10 + 1 + 4 - 3 - 3 + 5 - 6 + 4 - 5 - 5 - 2 - 8 - 6 - 1 + 7 - 1 +17 + 6 - 3 +13 + 8 0 2 0 0 4 2 3 - 2 - 8 + 5 + 1 -19 -10 zJ zJL z_l Del. N.J. Pa. 0 - 8 +11 - 4 + 4 + 9 + r+ 4 4 8 4 1 0 +12 + 6 - 6 + 5 + 1 + 3 - 2 r- 1 ±j£ r- 1 +11 - 3 - 5 + 7 -10 -11 r+10 + 4 r+ 1 r- 2 .+ 7 r+ 8 + 2 +15" + 9 + 4 + 2 + 2 +10 - 4 ±_1 +18 -13 0 + 1 -13 -17 - 6 - 1 r- 8 0 r+ 1 r-11 r-16 -10 - 1 - 2 - 1 + 9 + 2 + 2 + 7 +14 + 7 - 5 + 1 + 3 -3 - 3 . ±_2 +10 + 7 0 +10 •+ 3 - l + 3 - 1 -13 -13 -22 + 7 + 2 + 6 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AMD AREAS (Continued) Percentage change from corresponding .. period a year, ago • • (Based on retail dollar amounts) : Week ending. 1961 Sept. 91 Sept. 161 Sept. 231 Sept. 30 Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Richmond- District . . Metropolitan" Areas Washington Dovmtown Washington Baltimore Downtown Baltimore Richmond Atlanta District Metropolitan Areas Birmingham Mobile Jacksonville Miami . Tampa-St. Petersburg Atlanta Augusta Colui.ibus New Orleans Cities Miami-Downtown Central Atlanta Page 2 - 4 ± 1 D.C. " Kd. " Va. + T + - 4 2 1 1 1 ' - 5 6 2 7 5 r+ 4 + 2 - 7 -11 -10 -15 r+ 1 r+ r r+ - + 7 + 8 + 2 - 1 -15 6 0 3 1 1 0 ±10 4_4 r+3 - 2 0 + 6 + 6 - 2 - 2 0 - 2 - 1 -rll - 7 +12 +82 +24 - 4 . + 1 0 - 4 + 4 +26 +14 - 1 + 8 + 3 • - 8 + 1 - 1 + 8 + 1 +13 r+ 5 - 6 - 2 -13 . 0 + 5 3 2 3 3 5 0 -28 -18 , - 1 Fla. Ga.' - 6 - 5 +75 - 9 r- 8 - 5 - 4 - 1 Chicago District Metropolitan Areas Chicago Indianapolis Detroit Milwaukee + 6 ±2 111. Ind. Mich. Wis. + 1 . - 1 5 - 3 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 8 +12 + 2 + 7 St. Louis District Metropolitan Areas Little Rock Louisville St. Louis Memphis Ark. Ky. Mo. Tenn. Ala. it Fla. » 11 Ga. :• ii La. 2 2 1 3 + - 3 1 4 1 - 3 z-1 •Li Minneapolis District Metropolitan Areas M p l s . — S t . Paul , Minn. Mpls. and Suburban " Minneapolis " St. Paul & Suburban " Cities Duluth-Superior Minn. &. Wis. + + - -10 + 3 . + — - -r+ + 3 5 1 5 2 3 5 6 + r+ 2 3 7 3 ±J= + 8 + 2 + 3 +10 +11 + 8 "+ 6 - - 6 - 3 - 1 - 2 1 3 3 6 2 + + - 0 + + 1 4 4 5. -19 +15 + 3 -11 _Q +10 0 + 1 - 4 - 2 • +11 +13 + 7 -6. + 3 +6 H.8b WEEKLY DEPARTMENT STORE SALES - SELECTED CITIES AND A M S Percentage change from corresponding period a year ago Federal Reserve District, Area, and City Kansas City District Metropolitan Areas Denver Topeka Wichita Kansas City Downtown Kansas City St. Joseph Lincoln Omaha Albuquerque Oklahoma City Tulsa City Joplin Dallas District Metropolitan Areas Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Jan.-Aug. 1961 + .1 + 6 r+ 6 + 4 + + + + +17 -10 - 3 +10 - 2 0 0 0 +1 0 + 5 +23 -16 -12 + 4 +19 + 4 : - 1 - 9 + 5 +13 + 5 +34 - 6 +11 +14 - 1 +16 r+ 1 - 5 + 8 -17 + 8 +22 - 7 +18 i+6 + 9 - 2 + 7 + 5 -15 - 5 +11 +23 - 7 +11 - 5 - 2 + 7 +13 + 6 - 6 ±11 0 + 5 - 4 + 7 -26 - 8 + 4 + 9 +13 -20 +21 -11 - 2 - 7 +21 + 5 " Mo.-Kans. Mo. Mo. 6 2 2 1 2 5 ' n? Nebr. N. Hex. Okla. Week ending Sept. 9lSept. 161 Sept. 23i Sept. 30 +j£ Col. Kans. + 1 Tex. 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. Salt Lake City Utah Seattle Wash. Spokane Tacoma " r—Revised Page 3 (Continued) ' + + "+ 0 6 2 3 3 . + + + 5 3 3 2 3 + 2 + + + + + + 0 6 1 9 9 3 0 5 6 0 i 0 3 0 + 2 - 5 + 4 +11 " +19 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 +14 +10 + 4 + 9 +13 ±12 ±.2 r+14 + 8 . +14 +25 r+29 +12 +11 +14 r+ 9 + 7 +12 + 1 +14 + 9 + 9 + 4 + 8 +15 +25 + 5 + 4 + 7 + 9 - 5 +23 + 9 +13 + 7 * No.t available. ±A + 4 + 3 + 4 +20 +14 + 6 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 1 - 3 + 6 +13 + 3
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