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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1985

A COMPARISON OF NOVEMBER 1984 SALES WITH THOSE FOR OCTOBER 1984, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, SHOWS RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY ONE PER CENT

IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

IN NOVEMBER 1984, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1983. CONSUMER DURABLE SALES ALSO INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT IN VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS, INCREASED BY SEVEN PER CENT IN VALUE AND FIVE PER CENT IN VOLUME. ON THE OTHER HAND, FUELS DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

A COMPARISON OF SALES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 1984 WITH THOSE FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1983, SHOWS RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS RECORDED THE LARGEST INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, AT 26 PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. CONSUMER DURABLES ALSO REGISTERED INCREASES OF 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY NINE PER CENT IN VALUE AND SEVEN PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED LESS RAPIDLY, BY FIVE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND TWO PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. HOWEVER, FUELS RECORDED A DROP OF TWO PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT REMAINED UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1984 FIGURES, RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS RECORDED AN INCREASE OF FIVE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS. ON THE OTHER HAND, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS, WHICH SHOWED NO CHANGE IN SALES VALUE, REGISTERED A DECREASE OF FOUR PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES, AND FOODSTUFFS. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ALSO DECREASED, EACH BY TWO PER CENT IN VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS DROPPED BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1983. SUPERMARKETS ALSO SHOWED LARGE INCREASES WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DEPARTMENT STORES RECORDED MODERATE INCREASES IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS.

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