07 December 2011
Jersey's latest retail sales figures have been released by the Statistics Unit.
The Retail Sales Survey for quarter 3 (Q3) 2011 shows that:
- the seasonally adjusted total volume of retail sales in Jersey was 5% lower than in the corresponding quarter of 2010
- the fall in total volume recorded in Q3 2011 represents the first decline on an annual basis for more than a year
- the total volume of retail sales was at a similar level to that seen more than 4 years previously, in early 2007
- predominantly food stores recorded the first fall in volume on an annual basis for almost 3 years
- predominantly non-food stores recorded the first annual fall in volume for more than a year; the volume in such stores was at a level similar to that seen 4 years previously
Download Retail Sales report quarter 3 2011 (size 160kb)
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