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Show RETAILLEO RETAIL C ElLE \LEO LEO \ " ; : < : c'lOttED clOttED c'lOttEDDECLrE 'TO TO 'IOW IOW ' " ED EDDECLIE EDDECLI'E DECLr\E DECLr E DECLI\E DECLI DECLI'E DECLIE ' \ ' \ in Ia'q Iaq h ' . JAVUA . JANUAity .JA'VUl\.ltr JAVUl.ltr .JA'VUl JAVUl .ltr ltr JANUAitySalt ' \ . > tY tYSalt Salt Lake City March Mareh 2-U 2 U 2 - ( UP P PA PA ) -A A - A 4 49 9 pel per cent decrease in retail retailsa1es retailsales retailsales sa1es sales of Utah independent mdependent stores storesundE.r storesunder storesunder undE.r undEr . the sales of January 1937 I is isreported isreported ' > reported to b\ b by bthe ; \ ' the United Umted States de department department dcpartment partment of commerceBa commerceBa.ed commerce commerceBa Ba.ed Baed Ba . . > ed on confidential mforMa inforria mforMation inforriation mfornation tion fiom flom from dealeis dealels dealers on dollar volume volumebasIs volumebasis volumebasis basIs the department s bullet buUet n said saidthe saidthe saidthe the Rocky Rock ; mountain , region reglon m in mgenelal ingeneral ingeneial genelal general suffered uffered a 10 ' per 'Per cent dropIn drop dropin dropin in the retailroles retail roles < ' ales of independent independentmcrcrants independentmerclants independentmcrcl'ants independentmcrclants independentmcrcl'antsOgden mcrcrants merclants ' mcrcrantsOgden merclantsOgden Ogden vas "as as v " as one of three cities m in meight ineight meight eight states " which "hlch hlch regi regl tered an anmcrease anincrease anincrease mcrease increase sales there registering reglstermg a a23 23 2 3 gain gam m In that city CltV Idaho FaUs Falls FaUseJ.penenced Fallsexperienced Fallsexperienced eJ\.penenced eJ.penenced eJ .penenced penenced experienced \ . a 10 106 6 per cent cE'nt ' in increase increase increase crease and ShendanVoymmg Shendan \ Woymmg \Voymmg Voymmg the thethIrd thethird thethird thIrd city made a gain of 6 3 per percent percent percent percentGreatest cent centGreatest Greatest drop in sales " was "as as re recorded recorded recorded corded at Cheyennehere Cheyenne \ where \\here here the de decreasE decrease decreasp creasE ' " was "as as reported at 44 447 7 'Per Per 'Percent percent ' percent cent Poeatel1oI Pocatello Poeatel1o \I I \ was as next on the list list1th listvuth listwith \1th 1th vuth ' \ a 319 per cent d"clmo dclmo rlnclme dcline " lmder under lmderits underits underits its 1937 independent retail busineosStores businessStores business busineos businessStores ; Stores of Nevada recorded the thesmallest thesmallest thesmallest smallest decrease of the eisbt E'1'bt E1bt eight ' ! ; ' tates mates mateswith 'tates\\ith 'tates tates ith ' < tatesJth \\Jth Jth with \ \ \ 37 per cent Utah camp came e\t e t e.t et \ ; . |