PITTSBURGH A LEADER 
IN CONSUMER BUYING POWER 
No survey of Pittsburgh’s financial standing would be 
complete without emphasizing our city’s importance as a 
retail trade center. 
Space prohibits the listing of the many retail establish- 
ments which cater to the needs of the Pittsburgh population, 
so only the twelve leading department stores are listed here- 
with in alphabetical order: 
Some OF PrrTsBURGHE’S LEADING DEPARTMENT STORES 
Boggs & Buhl 
Campbell’s Dept. Store 
Frank & Seder 
Gimbel Brothers. Inc. 
Harris Dept. Stores Co. 
Joseph Horne Co. 
Kaufmann Dept. Stores, Inc. 
Lewin-Neiman Co. 
Meyer Jonasson & Co. 
MecCreery & Co. 
Oppenheim Collins & Co. 
The Rosenbaum Co. 
Pittsburgh is generally recognized as one of the important 
retail centers of the country. It has been frequently said and 
is undoubtedly true that the volume of Pittsburgh depart- 
ment stores’ sales per capita is the largest in the country. 
This is explained in part by the great trading area adjacent 
to Pittsburgh, which gives it a sales volume considerably in 
excess of other cities of similar rank. 
It is estimated that the gross volume of Pittsburgh’s 
larger department stores, twelve in number, is in excess of 
%150.000,000 a year.