MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1987
DEPARTMENT STORES RECORDED A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FÖR OCTOBER 1986 INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME,
+OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ AND FUELS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN BALES VALUE AND BY 5 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO FELL BY 2 PER CENT
IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, THE INCREASES IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME OF DEPARTMENT STORES WERE SUBSTANTIAL WHILE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE SLIGHT.
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME WHILE SUPERMARKETS HAD MODERATE DECREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1986 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1986.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN SEPTEMBER 1986 AND OCTOBER 1986 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL SALES, (1) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF OCTOBER 1986 RESULTS WITH THOSE OF SEPTEMBER 1986 AND WITH THOSE OF OCTOBER 1985 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE-MONTH PERIOD AUGUST – OCTOBER 1986 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1985 ARE ALSO GIVEN,
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT RESPECTIVELY THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES, INCLUDING THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS, FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1986.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE OCTOBER 1986 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 3-7216024,
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