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 establishments
 which cater to the needs of the Pittsburgh population,
so only the twelve leading department stores are listed herewith
 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 department
 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.