8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Apr 2007
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/05/2007
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INDUSTRY TRENDS FOOD RETAILING There has been strong trend growth for five months. Queensland (five months), Western Australia (seven months), Tasmania (five months) and the Australian Capital Territory (four months) have had strong growth. New South Wales (ten months), Victoria (four months) and South Australia (two months) have had moderate trend growth, while the Northern Territory's trend was flat in April 2007. DEPARTMENT STORES The trend was in decline in April 2007 following moderate to strong growth over the previous five months. Western Australia had weak trend growth in April 2007, while all the other published states and territories were in decline. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING There has been moderate trend growth for the last four months. New South Wales (four months) and Victoria (two months) have had moderate trend growth, while Western Australia (four months), Queensland (one month) and the Australian Capital Territory (six months) have had strong growth. The remaining states and territories have trends that were flat or in decline in April 2007. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING There was moderate trend growth in April 2007 following six months of strong growth. Queensland (12 months), Western Australia (three months), Tasmania (two months) and the Northern Territory (five months) have had strong trend growth, while New South Wales had moderate growth in April following five months of strong growth. The trend for the Australian Capital Territory has been in decline for five months. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING The trend growth has been slowing since October 2006 to being in decline in April 2007. New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia all had a trend in decline in April, while the Australian Capital Territory was the only state or territory to have strong trend growth in April. OTHER RETAILING Other retailing had weak trend growth in April 2007 following two months of being flat. New South Wales had weak trend growth following seven months of decline, while Victoria has been in decline for nine months. By contrast, Western Australia has had 17 months of 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 four months. New South Wales has had moderate trend growth for five months. Queensland (two months), South Australia (three months), Western Australia (16 months) and the Northern Territory (one month) have had strong trend growth, while the remaining states and territories have been flat or in decline. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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