8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Jan 2012

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 29/02/2012

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Main Features Analysis - Total Retail Analysis by Industry About this Release Retail turnover rises 0.3% in January 2012 (Media Release)	ANALYSIS - TOTAL RETAIL TOTAL RETAIL - MONTHLY The chart below shows the trend series and seasonally adjusted series to January 2012. In current prices, the trend estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.1% in January 2012 following a rise of 0.1% in December 2011 and a rise of 0.2% in November 2011. The seasonally adjusted estimate for Australian turnover rose 0.3% in January 2012 following a fall of 0.1% in December 2011 and a relatively unchanged November 2011 (0.0%). The original estimate for Australian turnover fell 25.0% in January 2012. The original estimate for chains and other larger retailers fell 26.1% in January 2012. The original estimate for smaller retailers fell 22.9% in January 2012. RETAIL TURNOVER, Australia TOTAL RETAIL - BY STATE The following states and territories rose in trend terms in January 2012: Western Australia (0.5%), Victoria (0.1%), Queensland (0.1%) and the Australian Capital Territory (0.3%). The Northern Territory (0.0%) was relatively unchanged. New South Wales (-0.1%), South Australia (-0.2%) and Tasmania (-0.2%) fell in trend terms in January 2012. The following states and territories rose in seasonally adjusted terms in January 2012: Queensland (1.7%), Western Australia (1.0%), the Northern Territory (3.5%), the Australian Capital Territory (2.1%) and Tasmania (0.1%). New South Wales (-0.5%), Victoria (-0.4%) and South Australia (-0.3%) fell in seasonally adjusted terms in January 2012. RETAIL TURNOVER, States and Territories Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.