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FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1991

FOOTWEAR

SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR CLOTHING,

AND ALLIED PRODUCTS WENT UP BY 15.2% IN VALUE AND 6.6% IN VOLUME. SALES OF DEPARTMENT STORES INCREASED BY 13.8% IN VALUE AND 6.7% IN VOLUME. SUPERMARKET SALES ROSE BY 11.0% IN VALUE AND 1.1% IN VOLUME.

SALES OF RETAIL OUTLETS FOR JEWELLERY, WATCHES AND CLOCks, AND VALUABLE GIFT INCREASED BY 2.7% IN VALUE AND 1.4% IN VOLUME. SALES OF WENT RETAIL OUTLETS FOR OTHER CONSUMER GOODS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED UP BY 7.1% IN VALUE AND 1.9% IN VOLUME.

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 10.9% IN VALUE AND 3.8% IN VOLUME.

COMPARING WITH APRIL 1991, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON MAY BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, TOTAL RETAIL SALES FOR MAY 1991 INCREASED BY 6.2% IN VALUE AND 5.1% IN VOLUME.

CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF RETAIL SALES REFER TO CHANGES IN THE VALUES OF RETAIL SALES AFTER DISCOUNTING ESTIMATED CHANGES IN PRICES.

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INDICATORS OF PRICE CHANGES USED FOR THE PURPOSE ARE RESPECTIVE COMPONENTS OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX WHICH CORRESPOND THE BROAD CATEGORY OF GOODS IN QUESTION.

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THE REPORT CONTAINING THE ANALYSIS OF THE MAY 1991 RESULTS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $1.5 PER COPY.

ABOUT ENQUIRIES

THE SURVEY RESULTS MAY BE

ΤΟ DIRECTED WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 802 1258.

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NOTE TO EDITORS:

TWO TABLES WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE.

TABLE 1 PRESENTS THE REVISED TOTAL RETAIL SALES FIGURE FOR APRIL 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FIGURE FOR MAY 1991.

TABLE 2 SHOWS THE VALUE AND VOLUME INDEXES OF RETAIL SALES IN APRIL AND MAY 1991 FOR ALL RETAIL OUTLETS AND BY TYPE OF RETAIL OUTLET, WITH AVERAGE RETAIL SALES FROM OCTOBER 1989 TO SEPTEMBER TAKEN AS 100.

1990

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OF MAY 1991 RESULTS WITH THOSE FOR APRIL 1991 COMPARISONS WITH THOSE FOR MAY 1990, AND COMPARISONS OF RETAIL SALES IN THE FIVE MONTHS OF 1991 WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990 ARE ALSO GIVEN.

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