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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 17 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES SALES WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR AUGUST 1989 INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
FUELS SHOWED PRACTICALLY NO CHANGE
IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, WHILST SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILST THOSE FOR CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
OTHER CONSUMER GOODS WENT UP BY 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, DEPARTMENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
HOWEVER, SUPERMARKETS SALES DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE
AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JULY 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR AUGUST 1989.
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JULY AND AUGUST 1989 (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 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
COMPARISONS OF AUGUST 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1988, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE AUGUST 1989 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE- STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-565240).
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