INCREASE REPORTED
BRITISH RETAIL TRADE FIRST MONTH OF WAR (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 11 a.m RUGBY, Nov. 2. The effect of the war on retail trade is examined in the Board of Trade journal which publishes the September statistics prepared by the Bank of England. The money value of daily sales reported in that month was 13.9 per cent higher in 1939 compared with 1938. The increase amounted to 20 per cent or more in four provincial areas of England and Wales and to 12.3 per cent in Scotland.
In contrast to the province.;, however, London, where trade is- adversely affected by the evacuation of the population, transport difficulties, and other factors, showed a considerable drop of 27.4 per cent and a small rise of 1.9 per cent in the suburban areas.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391103.2.75
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 7
Word Count
132INCREASE REPORTED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in