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PRODUCTS CONSUMER
RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DURABLES AND "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND 10 PER CENT AND 8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
FUEL SALES WENT UP BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
TOBACCO ROSE
PER CENT IN ROSE VERY
DEPARTMENT STORES' SALES EXPERIENCED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN VALUE AND A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VALUE AND SLIGHT INCREASE IN VOLUME.
MIND THAT THIS WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1987, AND BEARING IN COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR MAY 1987 INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
"CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES
PER CENT WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT AND 7
RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE
BY WHILE BOTH GROUPS INCREASED IN SALES VOLUME
6 PER
"OTHER CENT.
PER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4
CENT IN
SALES VOLUME.
IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHILE FUELS RECORDED ALMOST NO CHANGE.
RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES AND CONSUMER CONSIDERABLY THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED
INCREASES AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS REGISTERED SLIGHT VALUE AND VOLUME.
DURABLES OTHER VALUE IN BOTH IN BOTH SALES
SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED
VALUE AND VOLUME.
SLIGHTLY IN BOTH
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE
ANALYSIS
OF THE MAY 1987 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
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