Retail sales show modest increase for August, but booksellers face ‘difficult time’

5 October 2010 Books+Publishing

Retail Trade figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week show an increase of 0.3% in seasonally adjusted retail sales for August, compared to an increase of 0.7% for July. Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services recorded the largest increase in August sales, rising by 1.5%, with Other...