Category Archives: Retail trade

Setback for Qld consumers as extended Saturday trading hours bid is dropped

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The IGA at Baroona Road, Milton is always packed full of people from 5-6pm on Saturdays because Queensland’s archaic retail trading hours regulations mean supermarkets have to close at 5pm. As the number of shoppers and frequent traffic jams in … Continue reading →

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Qld loses 20,000 sales jobs over last 12 months

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Gene Tunny

OESR’s recent Employment by Occupation brief on Thursday’s new detailed ABS labour force data reports that employment of sales workers in Queensland fell 8.5% in Queensland and 3.3% nationally over the last 12 months. That’s around 20,000 fewer sales workers … Continue reading →

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Retail trade restrained by stubbornly high saving rate

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Yesterday’s ABS National Accounts data were good news, showing a continuation of strong growth in demand in Queensland at 3.6% over the June quarter. One of the most interesting pieces of data in the National Accounts is the household saving … Continue reading →

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Easy way to make Brisbane more liveable

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Rather than criticising the Economist Intelligence Unit for ranking Brisbane behind Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth in liveability (Brisbane leaders in disbelief at our city’s low liveability ranking), we should ask how can we make our city more liveable so … Continue reading →

Posted in Brisbane, Retail trade | 2 Comments

Bunnings a big beneficiary of retail revival

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Delving into the retail trade data released yesterday by the ABS, it appears Queenslanders are DIY renovating and gardening more, brunching and dining out more, stocking up on shoes and boots, and buying much cheaper furniture, most likely due to … Continue reading →

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Qld & WA the winners in the two-speed economy

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Adam Creighton and David Uren have a nice summary of the latest data on the two-speed economy in the Australian this morning (Retail in reverse as resources power on): THE divide between the over-heated, resource-rich sectors of the economy and … Continue reading →

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Cashed-up miners mean big difference in retail turnover in mining and non-mining States

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Gene Tunny

OESR has finally released its April 2012 Economic Review (obviously it’s taken a while to clear through the new Treasurer’s office), and it contains this interesting chart showing the stark difference in retail trade performance between the mining and non-mining … Continue reading →

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Wintergarden stage 2 opening at a good time

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Gene Tunny

Retailers in the newly opened Stage 2 of the redeveloped Wintergarden shopping centre on Brisbane’s Queen St Mall will be pleased with today’s ABS retail trade figures which show solid retail trade growth in Queensland, despite sluggish conditions in other … Continue reading →

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Retail data show Qld and WA healthy, Victoria and ACT sick

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Gene Tunny

The markets didn’t like today’s flat retail trade data from the ABS (Dollar falls on disappointing retail data), but at least Queensland retail trade grew reasonably in November. In terms of monthly growth in retail turnover, Queensland is second only … Continue reading →

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Strong start to Boxing Day sales

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Gene Tunny

The need for traffic control on the escalators at David Jones, Queens Plaza in Brisbane was a good sign that the Boxing Day sales would go well for retailers (confirming again my belief that the Queensland economy is strong). Without … Continue reading →

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