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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1987

SUPERMARKETS EXPERIENCED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME. BOTH DEPARTMENT STORES AND CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS EXPERIENCED MODERATE INCREASES IN SALES VALUE AND SLIGHT INCREASES IN SALES VOLUME.

COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1985, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES AND OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 16 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND BY 5 PER CENT AND 9 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS DROPPED BY 16 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT HAD ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE AND CONSIDERABLY IN VOLUME, WHILE SALES BY SUPERMARKETS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. BOTH CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES EXPERIENCED MODERATE INCREASES IN SALES VALUE AND SLIGHT INCREASES IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1986, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1986 INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF +OTHER CONSUMER GOODS+ WENT UP BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 19 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES, FUELS AS WELL AS CLOTHING. FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT, 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS AND MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE SLIGHTLY IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

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