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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER DURABLES INCREASED BY IN SALES VOLUME, SEVEN PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND THREE PER CENT WHILE SALES OF CLOTHING, FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS ROSE BY FOUR PER CENT IN VALUE BUT DROPPED BY THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY TWO PER IN VALUE BUT DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VOLUME.

CENT

WENT

ANALYSED BY SELECTED TRADES, RETAIL SALES OF SUPERMARKETS

IN VOLUME. DEPARTMENT UP BY 20 PER CENT IN VALUE AND NINE PER CENT STORES SALES ROSE BY 12 PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CENT IN VOLUME. CONSUMER

INCREASED BY OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS DURABLES NINE PER CENT IN SALES VALUE AND SIX PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME, RETAIL SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY FIVE VALUE BUT DROPPED BY TWO PER CENT IN VOLUME.

WHILE PER CENT IN

COMPARING

WITH

JULY

1990,

AND BEARING

IN

MIND

THAT

THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR VALUE AND VOLUME. AUGUST 1990 DECREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN BOTH

TWO PER RETAIL SALES OF FUELS WENT UP BY FIVE PER CENT IN VALUE AND CENT IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF FOODSTUFFS, ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND TOBACCO WENT DOWN BY TWO PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

SALES OF CLOTHING, ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, RETAIL FOOTWEAR AND ALLIED PRODUCTS INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE CENT IN SALES AND VOLUME, WHILE CONSUMER DURABLES ROSE BY TWO PER

VALUE AND ONE PER CENT IN SALES VOLUME.

RETAIL SALES OF OTHER CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY CENT IN VALUE AND EIGHT PER CENT IN VOLUME.

ANALYSED

BY SELECTED

SALES TRADES,

IN

SEVEN PER

STORES

DEPARTMENT

CENT IN VOLUME. INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT IN VALUE AND FOUR PER CONSUMER DURABLES OTHER THAN MOTOR VEHICLES AND PARTS ROSE BY TWO PER

SALES RETAIL

OF MOTOR CENT IN BOTH SALES VALUE AND SALES VOLUME. VEHICLES AND PARTS

VALUE BUT REMAINED WENT UP BY ONE PER CENT IN

DOWN BY ALMOST UNCHANGED IN VOLUME, WHILE THAT OF SUPERMARKETS WENT THREE PER CENT IN BOTH VALUE AND VOLUME.

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

IN

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

(B) BY MAJOR JULY 1990 AND AUGUST 1990 (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

OF 1984 TO

1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS SEPTEMBER RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JULY 1990 AND WITH THOSE FOR AUGUST 1989, COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO AUGUST 1990 THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

AUGUST

1990

AND

WITH

/THE REPORT