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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1988
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED INCREASES OF 25 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 22 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND HAD ALMOST NO CHANGE IN VOLUME.
COMPARING THE PERIOD
JANUARY TO APRIL 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND DROPPED BY PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" AND "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" ROSE BY 34 PER CENT AND 28 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE WHILST THEIR CORRESPONDING INCREASES IN VOLUME WERE 24 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT. CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 55 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 41 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE 39 PER CENT AND 26 PER CENT.
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CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON 19 AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL 1988 DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT DOWN BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE FUELS DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" FELL BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
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