11
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1989
WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1988, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1988 ROSE BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT FELL BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
BY
SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DECREASED 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THE CORRESPONDING DECREASE FOR FUELS WAS 9 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
SALES OF "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES VALUE AND VOLUME FOR CONSUMER DURABLES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, AND SALES BY SUPERMARKETS DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1988.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1988 (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 NOVEMBER 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR OCTOBER 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF NOVEMBER 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED то THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON 5-8234941.
AND
/TABLE 1