TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1989
10
PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR MAY
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THE
ᎪᎢ
1988
TOTAL VALUE
ESTIMATED OF RETAIL SALES IN MAY 1989, $8,873 MILLION, INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY WHILST THEIR VOLUME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, ACCORDING PROVISIONAL
OF A SURVEY RELEASED RESULTS CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
THUS LOCAL CONSUMER
ANALYSED
BY
TODAY
(TUESDAY)
TO THE BY THE
SPENDING WAS CLEARLY SLOWING DOWN.
FOODSTUFFS,
OF MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, RETAIL SALES
IN VALUE AND 13 ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT A NEGLIGIBLE
CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY CHANGE IN VOLUME. CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
HAD
9
PER
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 5 PER VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT
IN
PARTS
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND IN VOLUME. IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
HOWEVER, SALES
BY DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 5 PER IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 25 PER CENT AND 28 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
IN
CENT
VALUE
COMPARING
THE PERIOD
JANUARY TO MAY OF 1989 WITH PERIOD IN 1988, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
THE
SAMB IN VALUE
ALCOHOLIC ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS
CENT IN AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER
IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ALLIED ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND PRODUCTS
CENT IN WENT UP BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
IN
RETAIL
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 12 PER VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT
IN
/ANALYSED BY