Table 2
Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted

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Retail sales by industry – Seasonally adjusted

Table summary
This table displays the results of retail sales by industry – seasonally adjusted september 2010, august 2011, september 2011, august to september 2011 and september 2010 to september 2011, calculated using  $ millions and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  September 2010 August 2011Note r: revised September 2011Note p: preliminary August to September 2011 September 2010 to September 2011
   $ millions % change
Total retail trade 36,661 37,831 38,212 1.0 4.2
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 28,572 29,565 29,712 0.5 4.0
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 24,548 24,754 24,862 0.4 1.3
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 8,088 8,266 8,500 2.8 5.1
New car dealers 6,514 6,566 6,807 3.7 4.5
Used car dealers 487 497 514 3.5 5.7
Other motor vehicle dealers 557 630 605 -4.0 8.7
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 530 573 573 0.2 8.2
Furniture and home furnishing stores 1,227 1,255 1,248 -0.5 1.8
Furniture stores 793 782 784 0.3 -1.1
Home furnishings stores 434 473 464 -1.9 6.9
Electronics and appliance stores 1,182 1,147 1,162 1.2 -1.7
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,208 2,264 2,282 0.8 3.4
Food and beverage stores 8,696 8,699 8,714 0.2 0.2
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,210 6,183 6,175 -0.1 -0.6
Convenience stores 546 558 551 -1.3 1.0
Specialty food stores 414 408 411 0.8 -0.7
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,527 1,550 1,577 1.8 3.3
Health and personal care stores 2,693 2,648 2,637 -0.4 -2.1
Gasoline stations 4,024 4,811 4,850 0.8 20.5
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,084 2,145 2,167 1.0 4.0
Clothing stores 1,627 1,668 1,684 0.9 3.5
Shoe stores 244 241 243 0.8 -0.2
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 213 235 239 1.7 12.2
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 955 935 951 1.7 -0.4
General merchandise stores 4,628 4,775 4,808 0.7 3.9
Department stores Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,259 2,255 -0.2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Other general merchandise stores Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,517 2,553 1.4 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Miscellaneous store retailers 876 885 893 0.9 1.8
p preliminary
r revised
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note(s): Figures may not add up to total as a result of rounding.