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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1990

WITH JUNE 1990,

RETAIL

COMPARING

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

7 PER CENT IN SALES OF FUELS WENT UP BY 6 PER CENT IN VALUE AND

DRINKS ALCOHOLIC

AND TOBACCO WHILE VOLUME, ROSE BY 5 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS,

ON THE SAME BASIS OF

RETAIL COMPARISON,

CLOTHING, AND ALLIED FOOTWEAR AND

BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE PRODUCTS INCREASED

PER CENT 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES WENT UP BY 5 IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME.

SALES OF

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

ANALYSED

BY SELECTED

SALES TRADES,

IN

STORES

DEPARTMENT

IN BOTH INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VALUE AND 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME.

THAN VALUE AND VOLUME TERMS, RETAIL SALES OF CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS

"MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS" WENT UP BY 7

OF PER

SUPERMARKETS RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE AND 1 PER CENT WENT DOWN BY 1 PER CENT.

CENT

AND

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JUNE 1990 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR JULY 1990.

IN

TRADE THE RELEVANT :

1984 TO

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES JUNE 1990 AND JULY 1990 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100.

AND COMPARISONS OF JULY 1990 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JUNE 1990

COMPARISONS OP AND

IN RETAIL SALES

THE WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1989,

PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO PERIOD JANUARY TO JULY 1990 WITH THE SAME GIVEN.

RESULTS GROUND FLOOR,

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

ΤΟ DIRECTED

OF

THE CENSUS

THE AND

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE WHOLESALE

RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO.: 556 5240).

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