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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1989

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

PARTS

SALES

WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR JULY 1989 INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 8 PER CENT

IN SALES VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME. WHILST THOSE FOR CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT IN BOTH AND VOLUME.

SALES

VALUE

THAN

VALUE

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES AND VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES SALES WENT UP BY 13 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME, AND SUPERMARKETS SALES ROSE BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS HOWEVER DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

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

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN JUNE 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 то SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

COMPARISONS OF JULY 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1988. AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN

THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988. ARE GIVEN.

ALSO

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

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 5-565240).

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