Retail Sales Report Quarter 4 2010
Produced by the
Statistics Jersey (Strategic Policy, Planning and Performance)
Authored by
Statistics Unit
and published on
09 Mar 2011
Prepared internally, no external cost
Summary
The Retail Sales Survey was launched in April 2007 and collects information on the performance of the Island's retail sector on a quarterly basis. It provides an early short term measure of economic activity in Jersey.
The Retail Sales Survey for Quarter 4 (Q4) 2010 shows that:
- the seasonally adjusted volume of retail sales in Q4 2010 was 5% higher than the same quarter a year previously
- this represents the second successive quarter recording an increase in the volume of retail sales on an annual basis
- the total volume in the latest quarter, Q4 2010, was similar to that of Q2 2008, having fallen below this earlier level for more than two years
- in Q4 2010 the volume of retail sales in predominantly food stores was 6% higher than a year earlier
- in predominantly non-food stores the volume of retail sales in Q4 2010 was 4% higher than a year earlier
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