Retail sales lift in September quarter – Media release
25 November 2022
The total volume of retail sales increased 4.9 percent in the September 2022 quarter compared with the September 2021 quarter, Stats NZ said today.
The volume of sales in the food and beverage services industry (which includes cafes, restaurants, bars, and takeaways), increased 30 percent in the September 2022 quarter compared with the September 2021 quarter, helping to drive the rise in total retail sales.
In the September 2021 quarter, sales volumes were impacted by a national lockdown for part of the quarter, as well as extended restrictions in Auckland and Northland.
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