Table 2
Retail sales by industry

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Retail sales by industry
  April 2010 March 2011r April 2011p March to April 2011 April 2010 to April 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
   $ millions % change
Total retail trade 36,130 37,292 37,421 0.3 3.6
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 28,470 29,258 29,248 0.0 2.7
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 24,533 24,536 24,502 -0.1 -0.1
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 7,660 8,034 8,173 1.7 6.7
New car dealers 6,069 6,489 6,563 1.1 8.1
Used car dealers 464 483 472 -2.2 1.7
Other motor vehicle dealers 570 517 559 8.3 -1.8
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 557 546 579 6.0 3.8
Furniture and home furnishing stores 1,244 1,230 1,269 3.2 2.0
Furniture stores 793 777 807 3.9 1.7
Home furnishings stores 451 453 462 2.0 2.5
Electronics and appliance stores 1,167 1,194 1,179 -1.2 1.0
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,395 2,193 2,131 -2.8 -11.0
Food and beverage stores 8,587 8,675 8,695 0.2 1.3
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,114 6,185 6,209 0.4 1.6
Convenience stores 555 559 550 -1.5 -0.8
Specialty food stores 402 403 402 -0.2 0.0
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,516 1,528 1,534 0.4 1.2
Health and personal care stores 2,719 2,676 2,681 0.2 -1.4
Gasoline stations 3,936 4,722 4,746 0.5 20.6
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,024 2,088 2,087 0.0 3.1
Clothing stores 1,567 1,633 1,632 -0.1 4.1
Shoe stores 238 234 231 -1.6 -3.3
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 219 220 225 2.2 2.9
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 917 928 916 -1.2 0.0
General merchandise stores 4,559 4,685 4,669 -0.3 2.4
Department stores x 2,189 2,216 1.2 x
Other general merchandise stores x 2,496 2,453 -1.7 x
Miscellaneous store retailers 921 868 873 0.6 -5.2
r
revised
p
preliminary
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.