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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1989

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND IN VOLUME. PARTS INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 35 PER CENT

6 PER SALES BY

IN VALUE AND DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 17 PER CENT

IN VALUE CENT IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS SALES WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

VEHICLES

+

IN

ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR

IN SALES VALUE AND 12 PER CENT AND PARTS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT SALES VOLUME.

THAT THIS

WHEN COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR IN VOLUME. 1989 INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT

MAY

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FUELS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SAME THE ON

SALES BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL

OF CONSUMER

WENT UP BY 2 PER CENT DURABLES

IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. CLOTHING,

IN SALES VALUE AND FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS FELL BY 7 PER CENT PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

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SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 6 RETAIL IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS,

PER CENT

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ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF SUPERMARKETS GREW BY PER CENT

CONSUMER DURABLES IN VALUE AND 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN SALES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT

WENT VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS

IN SALES VOLUME. UP BY 1 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR APRIL AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURES FOR MAY 1989.

1989

IN

TRADE

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES APRIL 1989 AND MAY 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR

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

1984 то MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

AND

COMPARISONS OF MAY 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1989 WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1988, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

RESULTS GROUND FLOOR,

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF MAY 1989 SURVEY IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT

TO THE

AND

THE

DIRECTED SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE

OF THE CENSUS TRADE STATISTICS SECTION WHOLESALE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-8234941).

AND RETAIL

TABLE 1