September sales show retail still in a slumber

The National Retail Association (NRA) has said that today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures for September...

The National Retail Association (NRA) has said that today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) retail trade figures for September demonstrate that more still needs to be done to lift the sector out of its sales slumber. Despite cuts to income taxes and the RBA dropping interest rates to record levels,...

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Message from the CEO: 14 February 2017

Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its retail trade figures for the month of December 2016...

Last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its retail trade figures for the month of December 2016 and the results demonstrated that the National Retail Association was close to spot-on with its Christmas trade period projection. In November, we forecast that for the Christmas trade period – which encompasses...

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Sales figures show retailers on track for record Christmas spend

The retail industry is on track for record sales during the Christmas trade period, according to the latest round...

The retail industry is on track for record sales during the Christmas trade period, according to the latest round of retail figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS figures for October 2016 reveal that retail turnover rose by 0.5 per cent, seasonally adjusted, which follows...

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