FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990
ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY IN SALES VOLUME, SEVEN PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND THREE PER CENT WHILE SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY FOUR PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY TWO PER IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME.
CENT
WENT
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS
IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT UP BY 20 PER CENT IN VALUE AND NINE PER CENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER
INCREASED BY OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DURABLES NINE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY FIVE VALUE BUT DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.
WHILE PER CENT IN
COMPARING
WITH
JULY
1990,
AND BEARING
IN
MIND
THAT
THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR VALUE AND VOLUME. AUGUST 1990 DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH
TWO PER RETAIL SALES OF FUELS WENT UP BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT DOWN BY TWO PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
SALES OF CLOTHING, ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE CENT IN SALES AND VOLUME, WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY TWO PER
VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY CENT IN VALUE AND EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME.
ANALYSED
BY SELECTED
SALES TRADES,
IN
SEVEN PER
STORES
DEPARTMENT
CENT IN VOLUME. INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY TWO PER
SALES RETAIL
OF MOTOR CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME. VEHICLES AND PARTS
VALUE BUT REMAINED WENT UP BY ONE PER CENT IN
DOWN BY ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF SUPERMARKETS WENT THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JULY 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR AUGUST 1990.
IN
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES
(B) BY MAJOR JULY 1990 AND AUGUST 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES,
FORM PART OF THE TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH
OCTOBER RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM
OF 1984 TO
1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS SEPTEMBER RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1990 AND WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1989, COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
AUGUST
1990
AND
WITH
/THE REPORT