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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1990
VOLUME, WHILE
BY ANALYSED
SALES OF SUPERMARKETS TRADES, RETAIL SELECTED INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 11 PER CENT IN THOSE OF DEPARTMENT STORES ROSE BY 10 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 3 PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES WENT UP BY 5 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 2 PER CENT IN SALES RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS, HOWEVER, DROPPED BY CENT IN VALUE AND 8 PER CENT IN VOLUME.
AND PARTS VOLUME.
2 PER
1990, WITH COMPARING
MAY
AND BEARING IN
THAT THIS MIND COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR RETAIL JUNE 1990 INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
CENT SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO ROSE BY 9 PER IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THOSE OF FUELS WENT UP BY PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
3
ON THE
SAME
BASIS OF COMPARISON,
RETAIL
SALES
OF
CONSUMER IN VOLUME,
DURABLES INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 6 PER CENT WHILE CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 19 PER IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME.
RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.
CENT
IN
BY 10 ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, SUPERMARKET SALES WENT UP
CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER PER CENT IN VALUE AND 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME. THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY 8 PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND 7 AND PARTS PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME. RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES
WHILE SALES IN INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME, DEPARTMENT STORES DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 7 PER CENT VOLUME.
IN
TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JUNE 1990.
MAY
IN
TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES
TRADE MAY 1990 AND JUNE 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR
THE RELEVANT GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF
1984 то MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.
1990 AND
COMPARISONS OF JUNE 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR MAY WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1989, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1990 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.
RESULTS GROUND FLOOR,
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THE AND
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION
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