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HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
PARTS
SALES
WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 12 PER VOLUME. FUELS ROSE BY
CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN SALES
2 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME .
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES DROPPED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 21 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR AUGUST 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR SEPTEMBER 1989.
SALES IN BY MAJOR
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
FROM OCTOBER
AUGUST
COMPARISONS OF SEPTEMBER 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR SEPTEMBER
1988. AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE SEPTEMBER 1989 SURVEY RESULTS 18 NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR. GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $1 FER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-5652401.
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