FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JULY 1987
JULY IN
THEIR RESULTS STATISTICS
1987, ESTIMATED AT THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES $6,823 MILLION, WAS 17 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JULY 1986 WHILST VOLUME WAS NINE PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL
BY (FRIDAY)
THE CENSUS AND OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY DEPARTMENT.
COMPARED WITH JULY 1986,
INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 18 PER CENT CONSUMER GOODS" WENT UP BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE CENT IN VOLUME,
INCREASES FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WERE 16 PER CENT AND NINE PER CENT.
WHILE THE
CORRESPONDING
RETAIL SALES OF
CONSUMER DURABLES IN VOLUME. "OTHER AND EIGHT PER CLOTHING, FOR
VALUE AND THREE PER ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND
FUELS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, TOBACCO ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
PARTS
DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN VOLUME.
SALES
VALUE
SUPERMARKET
SALES
INCREASED
SUBSTANTIALLY
IN
VALUE AND
CONSIDERABLY IN VOLUME.
CONSUMER
DURABLES
OTHER
THAN
MOTOR
VEHICLES
AND
PARTS
REGISTERED CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
MAY
JULY 1987 WITH THE SAME COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS
IN VALUE PERIOD IN 1986, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES SHOWED INCREASES CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
OF 25 PER
FOOTWEAR
PER
AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND "OTHER BOTH "CLOTHING, CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND BY 13 CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO PER CENT IN VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.
FUELS WENT UP BY NINE PER CENT IN SALES CENT IN VOLUME.
ROSE BY 10
VALUE AND THREE PER
STORES
SALES OF BOTH "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" AND DEPARTMENT INCREASED VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE AND SUBSTANTIALLY IN VOLUME.
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