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 december 2010, november 2011, december 2011, november to december 2011 and december 2010 to december 2011, calculated using millions of dollars and % change units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  December 2010 November 2011Note r: revised December 2011Note p: preliminary November to December 2011 December 2010 to December 2011
  millions of dollars % change
Total retail trade 37,346 38,692 38,614 -0.2 3.4
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers 29,166 29,920 29,929 0.0 2.6
Total excluding motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations 24,516 25,033 25,097 0.3 2.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 8,180 8,772 8,686 -1.0 6.2
New car dealers 6,595 7,015 6,986 -0.4 5.9
Used car dealers 485 504 509 1.0 4.8
Other motor vehicle dealers 573 632 628 -0.7 9.6
Automotive parts, accessories and tire stores 527 622 563 -9.4 6.9
Furniture and home furnishing stores 1,264 1,241 1,280 3.2 1.3
Furniture stores 810 783 791 1.1 -2.3
Home furnishings stores 454 458 489 6.7 7.7
Electronics and appliance stores 1,164 1,157 1,125 -2.8 -3.4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 2,220 2,286 2,339 2.4 5.4
Food and beverage stores 8,595 8,762 8,866 1.2 3.1
Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores 6,096 6,181 6,246 1.0 2.5
Convenience stores 536 553 548 -0.8 2.3
Specialty food stores 436 449 476 6.0 9.1
Beer, wine and liquor stores 1,527 1,578 1,596 1.1 4.5
Health and personal care stores 2,726 2,701 2,707 0.2 -0.7
Gasoline stations 4,650 4,887 4,832 -1.1 3.9
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 2,115 2,205 2,187 -0.8 3.4
Clothing stores 1,653 1,713 1,704 -0.6 3.0
Shoe stores 234 243 237 -2.2 1.1
Jewellery, luggage and leather goods stores 227 249 247 -1.0 8.4
Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores 948 998 963 -3.4 1.6
General merchandise stores 4,591 4,776 4,722 -1.1 2.8
Department stores Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2,231 2,197 -1.5 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 2,545 2,525 -0.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Miscellaneous store retailers 893 909 907 -0.2 1.6
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
p preliminary
r revised
Note(s): Figures may not add to totals as a result of rounding.