Retail Trade Survey: June 2010 quarter

Embargoed until 10:45am  –  13 August 2010

Highlights

For the June 2010 quarter compared with the March 2010 quarter (seasonally adjusted):
  • Total retail sales volumes rose 1.3 percent.
  • Total retail sales values rose 0.5 percent ($83 million).
  • Core retail sales volumes rose 0.9 percent.
  • Core retail sales values rose 0.4 percent ($51 million).
  • Motor vehicle retailing had both the biggest volume increase (up 4.0 percent), and the biggest value increase (up 3.6 percent or $62 million).
 Graph, Retail industry contributions to the change in seasonally adjusted sales volumes.
 
Geoff Bascand 13 August 2010
Government Statistician ISSN 1178-0355