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ALLIED

PER CENT IN AND

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND PRODUCTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE 1 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

IN VALUE

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VALUE AND VEHICLES AND PARTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN BOTH SALES

PER VOLUME. DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 6 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

VALUE

MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DECLINED BY 4 PER CENT IN SALES AND 5 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF SUPERMARKETS DECREASED BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

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

FOR

IN TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

(B) BY MAJOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 1989 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES,

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

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

FOR OCTOBER COMPARISONS OF NOVEMBER 1989 RESULTS WITH THOSE 1989 AND WITH THOSE FOR NOVEMBER 1988, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 1989 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1988, ARE GIVEN.

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

ALSO

SURVEY GROUND

ΤΟ DIRECTED

THE OF THE CENSUS AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND

TRADE STATISTICS SECTION RETAIL STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. :5565240).

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