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SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER

CENT

OTHER THAN MOTOR

VALUE AND 7

VEHICLES AND PER CENT IN

PARTS SALES

IN VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1988, AND BEARING COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, FOR JULY 1988 INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE VOLUME.

IN MIND THAT THIS TOTAL RETAIL SALES AND 3 PER CENT IN

FUELS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT UP BY 6 SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

AND VOLUME. CENT

PER

IN

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ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 1 PER CENT VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VALUE AND ROSE BY 1 PER CENT VOLUME.

SALES REMAINED

IN SALES

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED INCREASES OF 4 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES WENT UP BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES PARTS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES

AND VALUE AND HAD A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JUNE 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JULY 1988,

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JUNE AND JULY 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISON OF JULY 1988 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO JULY 1988 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANAYLSIS OF THE JULY 1988 SURVEY RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL.

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THE CENSUS

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