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FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1987

FUELS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT

MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

IN

VERY

INCREASED DURABLES OTHER INCREASES IN BOTH

SALES BY SUPERMARKETS RECORDED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN VALUE

VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES AND A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN CONSIDERABLY IN BOTII SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CONSUMER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS REGISTERED MODERATE SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

TO

1987 APRIL COMPARING THE THREE MONTHS FEBRUARY

WITH THE PER CENT IN SAME PERIOD IN 1986, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 11

CONSUMER VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES AND "OTHER GOODS" INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES

WERE BOTH 8 PER VALUE WHILE THEIR INCREASES IN SALES VOLUME

CENT. PER BY 7

CENT IN CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED

VALUE AND 1 SALES

PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF IN VALUE FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 6 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

WENT

UP

AND

BY 4 PARTS

VEHICLES

FUELS DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUR BUT PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR ROSE VERY SUBSTANTIALLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

SALES INCREASED VOLUME. CONSUMER

DEPARTMENT STORES EXPERIENCED A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VALUE AND A MODERATE INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS CONSIDERABLY IN SALES VALUE AND MODERATELY IN SALES

VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR INCREASE IN SALES VALUE AND A SLIGHT INCREASE IN SALES VOLUME.

A MODERATE

MIND THAT THIS WHEN COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987, AND BEARING IN

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, APRIL 1987 DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC

IN SALES VALUE AND DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT

DURABLES ROSE BY 1 ALMOST NO CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

HAD PER

FUELS WENT DOWN BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME SALES VALUE WHILE "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN

VEHICLES MOTOR AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF PARTS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

AND

VALUE DEPARTMENT STORES REGISTERED A SLIGHT RISE IN SALES

BUT

CONSUMER DURABLES A SLIGHT DROP IN SALES VOLUME.

OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS AND SUPERMARKETS RECORDED MODERATE DECREASES IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

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