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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988
MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN BOTH BALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN AND 24 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VALUE
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURK FOR AUGUST 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1988.
INDEXES IN AUGUST AND
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUMB SEPTEMBER 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR FROM OCTOBER 1984 TO
COMPARISONS OF SEPTEMBER 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234941).
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