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Clothing & softgoods retail trends unchanged in Nov 2005

01 Feb '06
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Retail trends for November 2005 have been released by Australian Statistics Bureau

MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS:

• The trend estimate of turnover for the Australian Retail and Hospitality/Services series was unchanged in November 2005. This follows an increase of 0.2% in each of the two previous months.

• In November 2005, the states with the largest increases in the trend estimate were Queensland (+0.5%), Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (both +0.4%) while states with the largest declines were South Australia (-0.4%) and Victoria (-0.3%).

Industry Trends:

DEPARTMENT STORES

There has been a decline in the trend estimate for four months with all published states having a decline in the trend estimate in November 2005. Of the published states, New South Wales (seven months) and Victoria (four months) have been in decline the longest.

CLOTHING AND SOFT GOOD RETAILING

After two months of weak growth, there was no change in the trend estimate in November 2005. New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland have had a decline in the trend estimate for at least one month while Western Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory have had at least two months of strong growth.

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

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