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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1984
BOTH CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS RECORDED A DROP OF FIVE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE OR FOUR PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,
RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO FELL BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS DECLINED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE OR ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1983 SALES.
RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED MODERATELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHOWED MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE BUT NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.
A COMPARISON OF FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD JUNE-AUGUST 1984 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983 SHOWS RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
MOTOR VEHICLES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES ALSO RECORDED LARGE INCREASES IN VALUE BUT SMALLER INCREASES IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES IN AUGUST 1984 ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALIJE AND VOLUME COMPARED WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1984.
HOWEVER, SUPERMARKETS, MOTOR VEHICLES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES. ALL DECREASED IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUGUST 1984 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 A COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-7216024).
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