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PARTS

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND

30 PH CENT IN INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 43 PER CENT IN VALUE AND VOLUME.

SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES AND SUPERMARKETS WENT UP BY CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VALUE AND 21 PER CENT AND CPU RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

28

PER

16

PER

CONSUMER

DURABLES

OTHER

INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

THAN MOTOR

AND VEHICLES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN

PARTS SALES

THAT

BEARING IN MIND WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1987, AND

TOTAL RETAIL SALES THIS COMPARISON IS AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, FOR OCTOBER 1987 INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, CENT WHILE FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND CENT.

OF

BY 2 PER FUELS WENT UP TOBACCO FELL BY 2 PER

"OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" OVER THE SAME MONTH, RETAIL SALES

FOOTWEAR AND ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. CLOTHING,

CENT ALLJED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER

PER CENT IN BOTH IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES WENT DOWN BY 5 SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

ANALYSED

BY PER

SELECTED

TRADES,

CENT IN VALUR

SALES OF AND 13 PER

DEPARTMENT

CENT IN

STORES VOLUME.

INCREASED BY 14 SUPERMARKETS SALES FELL BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

CONSUMER

DURABLES

OTHER

THAN MOTOR

VEHICLES

AND

PARTS

DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

IN BOTH SALES VALUE MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 9 PER CENT AND VOLUME.

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED SEPTEMBER 1987 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR OCTOBER 1987.

SALES IN TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL

ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY SEPTEMBER 1987 AND OCTOBER 1987 (A) FOR MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE FROM OCTOBER RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES 1984 TO SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF

RESULTS WITH

FOR THOSE 1987 OCTOBER

OCTOBER 1986 AND COMPARISONS OF SEPTEMBER 1987 AND WITH THOSE FOR

ΤΟ OCTOBER 1987 WITH THE SAME RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY PERIOD IN 1986 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

1987 SURVEY THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE OCTOBER

THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT $1 PER COPY AT SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY

TRADE

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

RESULTS

OF

DIRECTED

THE CENSUS

то

THE

AND

MAY ВЕ SECTION STATISTICS

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 5-8231941).

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