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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1991

NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO TABLES SHOWING RETAIL SALES SURVEY RESULTS WILL BE SENT BY

FACSIMILE.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR JANUARY 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR FEBRUARY 1991.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES

IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 1991 (A) FOR ALL RETAIL TRADES, (B) BY MAJOR TRADE GROUPS AND (C) BY SELECTED TRADES (WHICH FORM PART OF THE RELEVANT MAJOR TRADE GROUPS), WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1984 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1985 TAKEN AS 100. COMPARISONS OF FEBRUARY 1991 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR JANUARY 1991 AND WITH THOSE FOR FEBRUARY

1990, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE PERIOD JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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