2
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1987
SUPERMARKETS EXPERIENCED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN SALES AND A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME.
VALUE
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED FY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JULY 1987 INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME.
SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY FOUR PER CENT IN BOTH.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY ONE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND THREE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
FUELS INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VALUE BUT HAD AN INCREASE OF TWO PER CENT VOLUME.
IN
SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.
"CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" AND SUPERMARKETS INCREASED SLIGHTLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
DEPARTMENT STORES' SALES HAD A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN VALUE BUT A SLIGHT INCREASE IN VOLUME.
TWO TABLES AND TWO GRAPHS OF THE SURVEY WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK LATER TODAY.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JUNE 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JULY 1987.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JUNE 1987 AND JULY 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 JULY 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE THREE MONTHS MAY TO JULY WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
GRAPHS 1 AND 2 DEPICT, RESPECTIVELY, THE MOVEMENTS OF THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES FROM SEPTEMBER 1985 TO JULY 1987 AND THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED INDEXES AND TRENDS FROM SEPTEMBER 1985 TO JUNE 1987.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE JULY 1987 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION SALES 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 STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-8234941).
AND
TABLE 1: