TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1900
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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR JULY
THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN JULY 1990, ESTIMATED AT 1989 $9,819 MILLION, INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY WHILE THEIR VOLUME INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT,
ΤΟ ACCORDING
THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
WHILE THE MARKED INCREASES WERE IN PART DUE TO A LOW BASE OF COMPARISON IN JULY 1989, THEY ALSO SUGGEST A PICK-UP IN CONSUMER SPENDING.
COMPARING WITH JULY 1989, RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE RETAIL SALES OF FUELS ROSE BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 23 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WENT UP
IN BY 39 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 28 PER CENT
VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY PER CENT
SALES OF IN SALES VALUE AND 21 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 24 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN PER VOLUME. SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 CENT IN VOLUME.
IN
COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD
TOTAL 1989,
RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN
BUT REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 13 PER CENT IN AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
VALUE
OF
VALUE
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY SALES 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE
CLOTHING, OF
CENT FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 3 PER
IN VALUE BUT WENT DOWN BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN
VOLUME. VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL
SALES OF SUPERMARKETS
BY 21 INCREASED
PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS UP BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT IN BUT DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUMES
WENT
WHILE
VALUE
/COMPARING WITH