8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Mar 2005
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/05/2005
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SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ESTIMATES
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
VOLUME MEASURES
NOTES FORTHCOMING ISSUES
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE Quarterly chain volume data are shown in tables 14 and 15 of this issue.
FOOD RETAILING There has been weak trend growth for two months. There has been weak trend growth in New South Wales and Queensland for four months, South Australia for two months and Queensland and Tasmania in March 2005. The two territories have had moderate trend growth for at least two months while Western Australia has had a decline in the trend for seven months. DEPARTMENT STORES There has been strong growth in the trend for three months. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia have also had strong growth in each of these months. Western Australia has had two months of strong growth and Queensland has had moderate growth for three months. CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING After two months of moderate growth, there was strong growth in March 2005. There has been strong growth in Victoria and Tasmania for three months, the Northern Territory for two months and South Australia in March 2005. New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory have had at least three months of moderate growth in the trend. HOUSEHOLD GOOD RETAILING Growth in the trend has been slowing since October 2004, with weak growth for the last two months. After at least three months of moderate to strong growth, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia had weak growth in March 2005. Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory have had a decline in the trend for at least four months. RECREATIONAL GOOD RETAILING After three months of moderate growth, there was weak growth in the trend in March 2005. Queensland and Western Australia have had four and nine months of strong growth respectively, while New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania have had a decline in the trend for two, 14 and seven months respectively. OTHER RETAILING The trend series has been in decline for seven months. All published states except New South Wales had a decline in the trend estimate in March 2005. Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory have been in decline for at least 12 months. After more than 12 months of being in decline, New South Wales had weak growth in March 2005. TOTAL RETAIL (EXCLUDING HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES) Total retail (excluding Hospitality and services) has had weak growth for three months. Over the last five months, the rate of trend growth has been stronger than that of Total industries (including Hospitality and services). HOSPITALITY AND SERVICES The trend has been in decline for ten months. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have been in decline for at least six months. Queensland has had moderate trend growth for three months. Tasmania and the Northern Territory have had at least five months of strong growth. STATE TRENDS MONTHLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED AND TREND ESTIMATES NEW SOUTH WALES There has been weak trend growth for four months. There has been four months of strong growth for Department stores, moderate growth for Clothing and soft good retailing and weak growth for Food retailing. After six months of strong growth from July to December 2004, growth in Household good retailing has been slowing with weak growth in March 2005. Hospitality and services has been in decline for nine months. VICTORIA There has been no change in the trend for the last two months. Household good retailing, Recreational good retailing, Other retailing and Hospitality and services have had a decline in the trend for at least four months. This has been offset by three months of strong growth in Department stores and Clothing and soft good retailing and five months of weak growth in Food retailing. QUEENSLAND There has been weak trend growth for two months. Recreational good retailing has had four months of strong growth. Department stores, Clothing and soft good retailing and Hospitality and services have had three months of moderate growth, while Household good retailing and Other retailing have been in decline for at least four months. SOUTH AUSTRALIA There has been weak trend growth for four months. Department stores have had strong trend growth for three months. There has been varying levels of growth in Food retailing, Household good retailing and Recreational good retailing for six or more months. Hospitality and services has been in decline for 11 months. WESTERN AUSTRALIA There has been a decline in the trend for six months. Food retailing and Other retailing have been in decline for at least five months, while Department stores and Recreational good retailing have had strong growth for two months and eight months respectively. TASMANIA After three months of moderate trend growth there was weak growth in March 2005. There has been moderate or strong growth in Clothing and soft good retailing, Household good retailing and Hospitality and services for four, nine and six months respectively. The growth in food retailing has been slowing since December 2004 with weak growth in March 2005. Recreational good retailing have been in decline for six months. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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