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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY FOR MAY

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THE

ᎪᎢ

1988

TOTAL VALUE

ESTIMATED OF RETAIL SALES IN MAY 1989, $8,873 MILLION, INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY WHILST THEIR VOLUME REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED, ACCORDING PROVISIONAL

OF A SURVEY RELEASED RESULTS CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,

THUS LOCAL CONSUMER

ANALYSED

BY

TODAY

(TUESDAY)

TO THE BY THE

SPENDING WAS CLEARLY SLOWING DOWN.

FOODSTUFFS,

OF MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, RETAIL SALES

IN VALUE AND 13 ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 14 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT A NEGLIGIBLE

CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY CHANGE IN VOLUME. CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

HAD

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PER

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 5 PER VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT

IN

PARTS

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND IN VOLUME. IN VALUE AND 15 PER CENT INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

HOWEVER, SALES

BY DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 5 PER IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 25 PER CENT AND 28 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN

CENT

VALUE

COMPARING

THE PERIOD

JANUARY TO MAY OF 1989 WITH PERIOD IN 1988, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

THE

SAMB IN VALUE

ALCOHOLIC ANALYSED BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS, SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS

CENT IN AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER

IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ALLIED ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND PRODUCTS

CENT IN WENT UP BY 21 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER SALES VOLUME. SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN

RETAIL

SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 12 PER VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT

IN

/ANALYSED BY