ABS retail sales down 0.2 per cent in September 2009
The latest ABS Retail trade figures show that sales in September fell 0.2%, seasonally adjusted, compared with a rise of 0.7% (revised) the previous month.
Sales fell, in seasonally adjusted terms, for department stores (-2.9%), clothing, footwear & other personal accessory retailing (-0.8%) and household goods retailing (-0.7%). However, Australian's are still enjoying eating out with sales rising in September for cafes, restaurants & takeaway food services (1.0%).
The Northern Territory (-0.7%) recorded the largest drop in sales, followed by Queensland (-0.6%), South Australia (-0.6%) and Western Australia (-0.6%), the ACT (-0.5%) and NSW (-0.1%). Sales rose in Victoria (0.4%) in September and in Tasmania remained unchanged.
Trend turnover for September 2009 rose 0.4%.
Retail turnover, in volume terms, fell 0.4%, seasonally adjusted, for the September Quarter 2009, compared with a rise of 1.9% in the June Quarter. Trend turnover, in volume terms, rose 1.4% for the September Quarter 2009 and is the 4th consecutive quarter of positive trend volume movement.
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