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CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN VOLUME.
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SALES
WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1987, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST 1987 INCREASED BY BIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME.
SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED CONSIDERABLY BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY FOUR PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES VALUE OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT WHILE THE SALES VOLUME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.
CONSUMER DURABLES RECORDED A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN SALES VALUR AND A SLIGHT DECREASE OF ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS DROPPED BY THREE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUMB.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY BY 27 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 29 PER CENT IN VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY EIGHT PER CENT IN SALES VALUE SEVEN PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
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SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED SLIGHTLY BY TWO PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILE SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS FELL BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JULY 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR AUGUST 1987.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JULY 1987 AND AUGUST 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 AUGUST 1987 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST 1987 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUGUST 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 ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL NO. 5-8234941).
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