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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1985
COMPARING MAY 1985 WITH APRIL 1985, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS SHOWED THE LARGEST INCREASE IN VALUE TERMS, AT SIX PER CENT, BUT A DECREASE OF TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. CONSUMER DURABLES RECORDED AN INCREASE OF THREE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY ONE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS SHOWED AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
COMPARING THE PERIOD MARCH-MAY 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE FUELS INCREASED BY TWO PER CENT, ALSO IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES SHOWED AN INCREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN VALUE BUT A DECREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ FELL BY ONE PER CENT IN VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASE OF 14 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. FUELS AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ ALSO ROSE BY THREE PER CENT AND TWO PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS REGISTERED THE SMALLEST INCREASE OF TWO PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. ON THE OTHER HAND, RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1984. SUPERMARKETS SHOWED MODERATE INCREASES IN BOTH THE VALUE AND VOLUME OF SALES. ON THE OTHER HAND, DEPARTMENT STORES, WHICH SHOWED NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE, RECORDED A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SALES VOLUME. MODERATE DECREASES, ÎN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, WERE RECORDED FOR RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES.
COMPARING THE PERIOD MARCH-MAY 1985 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES ROSE CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. SUPERMARKETS AND DEPARTMENT STORES ALSO RECORDED INCREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. HOWEVER, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES DROPPED, BOTH IN VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
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