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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1988
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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR AUGUST
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN AUGUST $8,717 MILLION, WAS 19 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THEIR VOLUME WAS 10 PER CENT HIGHER, RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ACCORDING (TUESDAY)
1988,
AUGUST
ESTIMATED AT 1987 WHILST TO THE PROVISIONAL BY THE CENSUS
AND
COMPARING AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST 1987, RETAIL SALES OF FURLS WENT UP BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT BUT DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
IN SALES
VALUE
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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY PER CENT AND 25 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT AND 17 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
STORES
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT AND "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" ROSE BY 33 PER CENT AND 29 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND BY 20 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.
SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE. AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME WHILST SALES FOR CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT VOLUME.
IN
WENT
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST 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 UP BY 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF 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 36 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 26 PER CENT IN VOLUME. "CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND CONSUMER
DURABLES INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VALUE, AND 14 PER CENT AND 12 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF UP BY 50 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 37 PER CENT CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND AND 26 PER CENT. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 15 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
DEPARTMENT STORES WENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE PARTS WERE 38 PER CENT PER CENT IN VALUE AND
PARTS
VEHICLES AND VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
WERE COMPARED