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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988

MOTOR VEHICLES CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 SALES VOLUME.

AND PARTS PER CENT IN

WITH THE SAME IN VALUE

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1988 PERIOD IN 1987, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN

ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, FUELS WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT

VOLUME, SALES OF IN SALES

FOODSTUFFS, SALES VALUE AND 4 PER CENT

PER CENT IN VALUE BUT ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 8 DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

VALUE IN

RETAIL SALES OF "OTHER AND 24 PER CENT IN

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS" ROSE BY 34 PER CENT VOLUME.

"CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS" AND CONSUMER INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT AND 20 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES AND 14 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN SALES VOLUME.

DURABLE9 VALUE,

WENT

WHILE

THE

CENT

DEPARTMENT STORES ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES BY

34 PER CENT IN VOLUME, UP BY 46 PER CENT IN VALUE AND CORRESPONDING INCREASES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS WERE 37 PER AND 25 PER CENT.

BY SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND CENT IN VOLUME, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

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PER

PARTS

SALES

THAT

THIS RETAIL 2 PER

WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1988, AND BEARING IN MIND COMPARISON IN LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL AND SALES FOR SEPTEMBER 1988 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE CENT IN VOLUME.

TOBACCO

VOLUME.

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND HOWEVER, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, RECORDED INCREASES OF 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN FUELS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS PER CENT IN VOLUME.

COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN

CLOTHING, VALUE AND 4

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

7 PER CENT PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. "OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" FELL BY IN SALES VOLUME AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES,

SUPERMARKETS RECORDED INCREASES OF 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

/MOTOR VEHIULES