February retail figures ‘sluggish’

13 March 2007 Books+Publishing

February retail sales figures, as measured by the Cashcard Retail Activity Index, have dropped by 0.6% to $18.6 billion, leading the National Retail Association (NRA) to describe conditions as ‘sluggish'.‘These figures show that people are more preoccupied than usual with servicing debt,' the NRA's CEO Patrick McKendry told the ABC....