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Retail turnover falls 0.1% in December 2011
Tuesday, 07 February 2012 15:08
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The latest ABS Retail Trade figures show that Australian retail turnover fell 0.1% in December 2011, seasonally adjusted, following a rise of 0.1% in November 2011.

 

The largest contributor to the fall was Food retailing (-0.7%), followed by Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (-1.8%).

These falls were offset by rises in Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (3.5%), Department stores (1.1%) and Household goods retailing (0.2%). Turnover was relatively unchanged in Other retailing (0.0%).

The state which was the largest contributor to the fall was Queensland (-1.4%), followed by Western Australia (-0.7%), New South Wales (-0.2%), South Australia (-0.7%), the Northern Territory (-2.6%) and Tasmania (-0.1%). Turnover rose in Victoria (1.5%) and the Australian Capital Territory (1.8%).

In trend terms, turnover rose 0.2% in December 2011. This follows a rise of 0.2% in November 2011 and a rise of 0.2% in October 2011.

In volume terms, turnover rose 0.4% in the December quarter 2011, seasonally adjusted, following a rise of 0.5% in the September quarter 2011.