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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1990

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES DROPPED BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND

7 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VOLUME. MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS RECORDED DECREASES OF 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

IN

COMPARING THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD 1988, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 14 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME. FUELS WENT UP BY 9 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES FELL BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

OTHER CONSUMER GOODS REGISTERED AN INCREASE OF 5 PER SALES VALUE AND A NEGLIGIBLE CHANGE IN SALES VOLUME.

CENT IN

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

HOWEVER, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND DECREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

PARTS SALES

WHEN COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR NOVEMBER 1989 DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

FOODSTUFFS,

BY

ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. FUELS DECLINED 7 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME,

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