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WHEN COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1988,

AND BEARING IN MIND THAT SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL THIS COMPARISON IS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY

VALUE AND RETAIL SALES FOR DECEMBER 1988 ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN BOTH VOLUME TERMS.

TOBACCO" BOTH SALES

INCREASED

VALUE

AND

FUELS AND "FOODSTUFFS, ALOHOLIC DRINKS AND BY 11 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN VOLUME.

PER

COMPARISON, RETAIL ON THE SAME BASIS OF

SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 CENT IN VOLUME.

"OTHER CONSUMER GOODS" INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES

BY AND 12 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SALES BY

SUPERMARKETS

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, BY 23 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

VALUE

4 PER

INCREASED

AND IN TERMS OF BOTH SALES VALUE AND VOLUME, DEPARTMENT STORES

PARTS" ROSE BY 21 "CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PER CENT AND 13 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

BY 9 PER

TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED NOVEMBER 1988 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR DECEMBER 1988.

FOR

VOLUME INDEXES IN NOVEMBER TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND

AND BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS DECEMBER 1988 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B)

PART OF *THE RELEVANT MAJOR AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM

RETAIL SALES FROM TRADE GROUPS),

OCTOBER 1984 TO

SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

AVERAGE WITH

THOSE FOR NOVEMBER COMPARISONS OF DECEMBER 1988 RESULTS WITH

DECEMBER 1987 AND COMPARISONS OF 1988 AND WITH THOSE FOR

RETAIL SALES IN THE YEAR 1988 WITH THE YEAR 1987 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

ANALYSIS OF

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE

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

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY

RESULTS MAY BE TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 5-8234941.

DIRECTED то THE THE CENSUS AND

TABLE 1