Highlights
For the October month (on a seasonally adjusted basis):
- Total retail sales decreased 0.2 percent.
- Excluding vehicle-related industries, sales increased 1.1 percent.
- Seventeen of the 24 retail industries recorded increased sales.
- Motor vehicle sales recorded a second consecutive monthly decrease, falling 7.0 percent.
Brian Pink
Government Statistician |
14 December 2005
Cat 75.900 Set 05/06 – 100 |
There is a companion Media Release published – Retail Trade Survey: October 2005.
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