Highlights
For August 2007 compared with July 2007 (on a seasonally adjusted basis):
- Total retail sales increased 0.2 percent.
- Supermarket and grocery stores sales increased 1.5 percent.
- Automotive fuel retailing sales decreased 2.9 percent.
The total sales trend has flattened in recent months.
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
12 October 2007
ISSN 1178-0355 |
There is a companion Media Release published – Retail Trade Survey: August 2007.
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