8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Mar 2007
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 08/05/2007
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INDUSTRY TRENDS FOOD RETAILING There has been moderate trend growth for 20 months. New South Wales (nine months), Victoria (12 months), South Australia (four months) and the Australian Capital Territory (seven months) have had moderate growth. Queensland (five months), Western Australia (six months) and Tasmania (four months) have had strong growth. DEPARTMENT STORES There has been four months of strong trend growth. Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have had four months of strong growth, while New South Wales and Western Australia had moderate trend growth in March 2007 following three months of strong growth. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING There has been moderate trend growth for the last three months. Victoria and Queensland had moderate trend growth in March 2007 following nine months of strong growth (Victoria) and eight months of being flat or in decline (Queensland). South Australia has had ten months of moderate growth. Western Australia (three months), the Northern Territory (five months) and the Australian Capital Territory (five months) have had strong growth. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING There has been six months of strong trend growth. New South Wales (six months), Queensland (11 months) and the Northern Territory (four months) have had strong trend growth, while the Australian Capital Territory has been in decline for four months. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING The trend growth has become moderate over the last three months following five months of strong growth. Victoria (six months) and the Australian Capital Territory (seven months) have had strong growth. New South Wales has had mostly moderate growth for the last seven months. OTHER RETAILING Other retailing has had weak trend growth for the last two months. New South Wales (seven months) and Victoria (nine months) have been in decline. By contrast, South Australia (six months), Western Australia (16 months) and the Australian Capital Territory (two months) have had strong trend growth. TOTAL RETAIL (EXCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES) Over the last seven months, the trend growth for Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has been slightly stronger than Total industries (including Hospitality and services). HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES There has been moderate trend growth for three months. New South Wales has had moderate trend growth for four months. Western Australia has had 15 months of strong trend growth, while Victoria (two months), Tasmania (six months) and the Australian Capital Territory (three months) have all been in decline. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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