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.

| Geoff Bascand |
14 September 2010 |
| Government Statistician |
ISSN 1178-0355 |