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 november 2010, october 2011, november 2011, october to november 2011 and november 2010 to november 2011, calculated using  $ millions and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  November 2010 October 2011Note r: revised November 2011Note p: preliminary October to November 2011 November 2010 to November 2011
   $ millions % change
Total retail trade 37,549 38,578 38,698 0.3 3.1
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 29,087 29,856 29,952 0.3 3.0
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 24,738 24,942 25,000 0.2 1.1
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 8,462 8,722 8,746 0.3 3.4
New car dealers 6,819 6,997 7,002 0.1 2.7
Used car dealers 490 511 508 -0.5 3.6
Other motor vehicle dealers 546 622 614 -1.4 12.5
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 607 592 622 5.1 2.6
Furniture and home furnishing stores 1,258 1,233 1,223 -0.8 -2.8
Furniture stores 801 774 778 0.5 -2.8
Home furnishings stores 457 459 444 -3.1 -2.7
Electronics and appliance stores 1,168 1,177 1,173 -0.3 0.5
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,248 2,273 2,270 -0.1 1.0
Food and beverage stores 8,730 8,747 8,721 -0.3 -0.1
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,205 6,172 6,151 -0.4 -0.9
Convenience stores 564 564 562 -0.2 -0.2
Specialty food stores 414 434 436 0.5 5.2
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,547 1,578 1,572 -0.4 1.6
Health and personal care stores 2,755 2,676 2,695 0.7 -2.2
Gasoline stations 4,349 4,914 4,952 0.8 13.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,115 2,194 2,213 0.9 4.6
Clothing stores 1,646 1,695 1,720 1.5 4.5
Shoe stores 238 248 245 -1.4 3.0
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 232 251 248 -1.3 7.0
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 972 973 1,002 2.9 3.0
General merchandise stores 4,600 4,772 4,799 0.6 4.3
Department stores Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,252 2,236 -0.7 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 2,520 2,563 1.7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Miscellaneous store retailers 892 896 904 0.9 1.4
p preliminary
r revised
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note(s): Figures may not add to totals as a result of rounding.