Retail Trade Survey: July 2010

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  14 September 2010
Media release  – 
Core retail sales flat in July

Highlights

For July 2010 compared with June 2010 (on a seasonally adjusted basis):

  • Core retail sales were flat, down just 0.1 percent ($3 million).
  • Total retail sales decreased 0.4 percent ($24 million).
  • Supermarkets and grocery stores, up 1.9 percent ($24 million), recorded its largest monthly dollar value increase since March 2007.

 Graph, Retail industry contributions to the change in seasonally adjusted sales values, change from previous month, July 2010.

Geoff Bascand 14 September 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0355