TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1991
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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 18% IN BOTH VALUE VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF CONSUMER DURABLES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED VALUE BUT ROSE BY 1% IN VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS WENT UP BY 19% AND 20% IN VOLUME.
IN VALUE
VALUE VEHICLES VOLUME.
AND
AND
25% IN
PARTS
VOLUME.
ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SUPERMARKET SALES INCREASED BY 25% IN VALUE AND 23% IN VOLUME. SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 24% IN CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR WENT UP BY 12% IN BOTH SALES
AND VALUE
SALES
HOWEVER, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECREASED 19% IN VALUE AND 20% IN VOLUME.
BY
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR NOVEMBER 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1990.
IN
BY
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES NOVEMBER 1990 AND DECEMBER 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) 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.
COMPARISONS OF DECEMBER 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1990 AND WITH THOSE FOR DECEMBER 1989, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE YEAR 1990 WITH THE YEAR 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF DECEMBER 1990 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1 PER COPY.
GROUND
ABOUT THE ENQUIRIES
AND
SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE
WHOLESALE
RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 802 1258).
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THE CENSUS
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