South Korea's July Department Store Sales (Table)

By Cesilia Han

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a table for South Korea's July department store sales from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

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                       July   June    May  April  March   Feb.   Jan.   Dec.
                       2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2007
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                    --------------------------YoY%--------------------------
[bn:WBTKR=KODSDEPT:IND] Dept store sales []        5.9%  11.2%  11.3%   6.5%   6.7%   5.5%   6.9%  -2.2%
Non-food               6.1%  11.8%  10.9%   5.9%   7.7%  10.7%   4.0%  -0.6%
Food                   4.5%  12.6%  13.9%   9.7%   7.3%  -8.9%  47.6%   5.1%
Miscellaneous         12.9%  16.8%  17.6%  10.8%  11.2%  19.1%  13.5%   8.4%
Women's suit           2.4%   7.7%   6.9%   3.6%   5.1%   9.2%  -2.5%  -9.5%
Women's casual         2.2%   5.2%   4.0%   1.9%   6.8%   5.5%  -0.7%  -5.4%
Men's clothing        -6.6%   5.7%  -1.7%  -3.2%   1.5%   3.9%  -1.1%  -5.6%
Household goods        0.8%   7.0%  10.9%   0.7%   0.2%   8.8%  -6.2%  -4.4%
Luxury goods          30.7%  37.1%  39.1%  25.6%  24.1%  19.4%  20.3%  17.1%
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Source: Ministry of Knowledge Economy

To contact the reporter on this story: Cesilia Han in Seoul at chan4@bloomberg.net