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Table 2 Retail sales by industry

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Retail sales by industry
	August 2009	July 2010^r	August 2010^p	July to August 2010	August 2009 to August 2010
	Seasonally adjusted
	$ millions			% change
Total retail trade	34,863	35,912	36,079	0.5	3.5
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers	27,323	28,022	28,132	0.4	3.0
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations	23,766	24,263	24,295	0.1	2.2
Motor vehicle and parts dealers	7,541	7,889	7,947	0.7	5.4
New car dealers	5,976	6,316	6,382	1.0	6.8
Used car dealers	493	476	473	-0.5	-4.1
Other motor vehicle dealers	557	587	568	-3.2	2.0
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores	514	510	524	2.6	1.9
Furniture and home furnishing stores	1,212	1,176	1,201	2.1	-0.9
Furniture stores	798	775	772	-0.4	-3.2
Home furnishings stores	414	401	429	7.0	3.7
Electronics and appliance stores	1,122	1,130	1,137	0.6	1.3
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers	2,306	2,247	2,249	0.1	-2.4
Food and beverage stores	8,386	8,676	8,748	0.8	4.3
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores	5,968	6,175	6,249	1.2	4.7
Convenience stores	567	563	570	1.2	0.5
Specialty food stores	382	408	412	1.1	7.9
Beer, wine and liquor stores	1,470	1,530	1,518	-0.8	3.3
Health and personal care stores	2,582	2,612	2,602	-0.4	0.8
Gasoline stations	3,556	3,759	3,837	2.1	7.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	1,945	2,040	2,024	-0.8	4.1
Clothing stores	1,510	1,594	1,579	-0.9	4.6
Shoe stores	231	231	235	1.9	1.6
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores	204	215	210	-2.4	3.1
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores	943	941	923	-1.8	-2.1
General merchandise stores	4,331	4,544	4,521	-0.5	4.4
Miscellaneous store retailers	938	898	888	-1.0	-5.3

revised

preliminary

Note(s):

Figures may not add up to total due to rounding.