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Mixed signals in consumer and business confidence stats

A number of recent surveys into the retail sector and consumer trends have produced conflicting results.  The Australian Bureau of Statistics retail trade figures for December 2006 showed an...

Booksellers expect strong Christmas despite rate rise

Derek Dryden, president of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA), is expecting a ‘fantastic Christmas' for booksellers, despite today's decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to ...

In brief

Book and newspaper sales up 20.5% on 2007Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures for September indicate books are bucking the flat national retail trend. While retail trade figures for the Septe...

APA urges publishers to participate in new industry-wide survey

 The Australian Publishers Association (APA) has announced it is partnering with the University of Melbourne Book Industry Study and Thorpe-Bowker to undertake ‘an online survey of publishi...

ABS figures tell mixed story

New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicate that while overall retail sales rose in August, sales in many areas declined.  ‘Retail sales rose 0.6% in August, seasonally ad...

In Brief

ACCC releases details on ARW/Borders decisionThe Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has now released a detailed report on its decision not to oppose any bid for Borders' Australian stores ...

Retail figures healthy, but business confidence shaky

While retail figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show slight growth has continued from July into August, the result of a National Australia Bank (NAB) business confidence sur...

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