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IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ DROPPED BY 16 PER CENT, CONSUMER DURABLES BY 18 PER CENT, FOODSTUFFS ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO BY 20 PER CENT, AND CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS BY 40 PER CENT.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME AND THOSE OF SUPERMARKETS AND MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES EXPERIENCED A VERY SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE IN SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1987.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JANUARY 1987 AND FEBRUARY 1987 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) 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 FEBRUARY 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR FEBRUARY 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE MONTHS DECEMBER 1986-FEBRUARY 1987 WITH THOSE IN THE SAME PERIOD A YEAR EARLIER ARE ALSO GIVEN.
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT, RESPECTIVELY, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO FEBRUARY 1987 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO JANUARY 1987.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE FEBRUARY 1987 SURVEY RESULTS IS 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 DEPARTMENT'S WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION ON 5-8234941.
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