8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Feb 2008
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/04/2008
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INDUSTRY TRENDS FOOD RETAILING There have been four months of weak trend growth. New South Wales (three months), Western Australia (two months) and Tasmania (three months) have had a decline in the trend estimate. Victoria has had weak trend growth for four months, while all other states have had at least two months of moderate growth. DEPARTMENT STORES There have been three months of moderate trend growth. New South Wales (one month), Victoria (nine months), South Australia (five months) and the Australian Capital Territory (one month) had moderate trend growth. Queensland had strong growth in February 2008 following two months of moderate growth. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING There has been weak trend growth for six months. Queensland (eight months), Western Australia (two months) and the Australian Capital Territory (five months) have had a decline in the trend estimate. New South Wales has had four months of strong trend growth. After 18 months of strong growth, Victoria has had two months of moderate growth. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING The rate of growth in the trend estimate has been slowing since September 2007, with a decline in the estimate for the past two months. Victoria (one month), Queensland (four months), Western Australia (ten months) and the Australian Capital Territory (15 months) have had a decline in the trend estimate. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING There has been strong trend growth for eight months. New South Wales (eight months), Queensland (nine months), South Australia (one month), Western Australia (nine months) and the Northern Territory (five months) have had strong growth. OTHER RETAILING There have been nine months of strong trend growth. New South Wales (11 months), South Australia (nine months) and Western Australia (five months) have had strong growth. TOTAL RETAIL (EXCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES) The trend growth for Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has been the same as that for Total industries (including Hospitality and services) for the last seven months. HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES There has been weak trend growth for three months. South Australia (13 months) and the two Territories (both four months) have had strong growth. Victoria (one month) and Tasmania (two months) have had moderate growth while Queensland (six months) and Western Australia (four months) have had a decline in the trend estimate. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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