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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1990

WHILE

CENT

BY ANALYSED

SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS INCREASED BY

VOLUME, 21 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 10 PER CENT IN THOSE OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 2 PER

AND IN VOLUME.

OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES CONSUMER DURABLES REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED IN SALES VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER IN SALES VOLUME. SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DROPPED BY 7 CENT IN VALUE AND 13 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

APRIL

1990, AND BEARING

IN

PARTS CENT

PER

THIS

WITH COMPARING

MIND THAT COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR MAY 1990 INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 5 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

10 IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, SALES OF FUELS INCREASED BY PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 6 PER CENT.

ON

OF CONSUMER IN VOLUME.

IN

SALES

THE

SALES SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL DURABLES WENT UP BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT VALUE BUT DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN AND 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

VALUE

PARTS SUPERMARKET SALES VOLUME. CONSUMER CENT IN DEPARTMENT IN VALUE

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME. WENT UP BY 9 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 8 PER SALES VALUE AND 6 PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, WHILE SALES IN STORES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY AND VOLUME.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL APRIL 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR MAY 1990.

FIGURE SALES

FOR

IN

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

TRADE APRIL 1990 AND MAY 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR

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

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

AND

COMPARISONS OF MAY 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1990 WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1989, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

RESULTS GROUND FLOOR,

THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF MAY 1990 SURVEY IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $1 PER COPY.

ΤΟ DIRECTED OF THE

THE CENSUS AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE

TRADE STATISTICS SECTION RETAIL

556 5240). STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. :

WHOLESALE AND

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