Retail Trade Survey: July 2001
Seasonally adjusted retail sales increased 0.6 per cent in July 2001, compared with June 2001, according to Statistics
New Zealand. The core retailing group (which excludes the motor vehicle services and retailing storetypes) increased 0.4
per cent over the same period.
The trend for total retail sales has been increasing since May 1998. The trend has increased 20.6 per cent over this
period.
Results by storetype were mixed, with rises outweighing falls. Of the core retailing group (which excludes the motor
vehicle services and retailing storetypes), six had increases in seasonally adjusted sales, six had falls, and food
retailing remained virtually unchanged. Motor vehicle services and retailing sales also increased in July 2001. Changes
in seasonally adjusted sales for all storetypes were between -$3 million and $6 million, which is the narrowest range of
movements seen over the past five months.
Brian Pink
Government Statistician
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