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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS AND "MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
PARTS SALES
WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1989 INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT IN
FUELS ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 30 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 20 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY
18 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
HOWEVER, MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECLINED BY 13 BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.
PER CENT IN
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1989,
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 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 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
RETAIL
COMPARISONS OF DECEMBER 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1988, AND COMPARISONS OF SALES IN THE YEAR 1989 WITH THE YEAR 1988, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DECEMBER 1989 RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $1 PER COPY.
SURVEY GROUND
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY PE DIRECTED то THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5565240).
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