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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1989

HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND AND 15 PER CENT IN DECREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE VOLUME.

PARTS SALES

SALES

BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1989. AND

FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FOR JUNE 1989 DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

CENT FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DROPPED BY 4 PER

DOWN BY 5 IN SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

IN

VALUE SALES

AND VOLUME

TERMS, CONSUMER BOTH DECREASED BY 14 PER CENT WHILE CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED FELL BY 23 PER CENT.

DURABLES PRODUCTS

SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 9 PER CENT VALUE AND VOLUME.

IN BOTH

ANAYLSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY CENT IN VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

DURABLES OTHER

2 PER

THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND SALES OF "CONSUMER PARTS" AND SALES BY DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED 16 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

BY

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE 1989 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JUNE 1989.

FOR MAY

SALES IN

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL

ALL

TRADE RETAIL

(B) BY MAJOR TRADES, MAY AND JUNE 1989 (A) FOR

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

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

MAY 1989 AND SALES

THE IN ARE ALSO GIVEN,

COMPARISONS OF JUNE 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR OF RETAIL COMPARISONS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1988, AND FIRST HALF OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988,

GROUND

OF THE JUNE 1989 SURVEY THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS

CENTRE, RESULTS IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, AT $1 PER COPY.

RESULTS

MAY BE

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THE

AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-5652401

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