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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1988
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JULY
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JULY 1988, ESTIMATED AT $8,451 MILLION, WAS 24 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN JULY 1987 WHILE THEIR VOLUME WAS 14 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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COMPARING JULY 1988 WITH JULY 1987, RETAIL SALES OF Fuels UP BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" AND "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" ROSE BY 41 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 31 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT ONLY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES AND "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" ROSE BY 45 PER CENT AND 34 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND BY 33 PER CENT AND 23 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.
SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS, HOWEVER, FELL BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
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COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO JULY 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, FUELS WENT 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY 38 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 28 PER CENT IN VOLUME. "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT AND 21 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE AND 14 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 54 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 40 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE 40 PER CENT AND 27 PER CENT.
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