Quiet quarter for retailers
Quiet quarter for retailers – Media
release
Shoppers in New Zealand spent less in retail stores in the September quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today.
After adjusting for seasonal effects, the value of total retail sales fell 0.8 percent in the September 2012 quarter, compared with the June quarter.
The latest quarter’s fall was led by three of
the largest retail industries, with less money being spent
in:
• supermarket and grocery stores, down 1.6 percent
• motor-vehicle and parts retailers, down 1.8 percent
• fuel retailing, down 1.9 percent.
"Shoppers spent less in just over half of the retail industries this quarter," industry and labour statistics manager Blair Cardno said. "The only industry we saw them spending significantly more in was hardware, building, and garden supplies, which was lifted by higher sales in the Canterbury region."
When price effects are removed, the volume of total retail sales fell 0.4 percent, with shoppers buying less in nine of the 15 retail industries.
When we look at
the longer-term picture, the trends for both total sales
values and volumes have eased back since the strong growth
in 2011.
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Authorised
by:
Geoff Bascand
Government
Statistician
Published 14 November 2012
For
more information about these
statistics:
• Visit Retail Trade Survey: September 2012
quarter
•
• Open the attached files
Information release (PDF) Tables (Excel) Copy of this media release (PDF)
(See attached file: RetailTradeSurveySep12qtr.pdf)(See attached file: rts_sep12qtr_tables.xls)(See attached file: RetailTradeSurveySep12qtrMR.pdf)
RetailTradeSurveySep12qtrMR.pdf
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