Let's look at the February 2014 information about Australian retail trade and check what the trends are in comparison with the same period last year in the major and minor industries of that trade and the most recent quarter. Turnover includes: retail sales; wholesale sales; takings from repairs, meals and hiring of goods (except for rent, leasing and hiring of land and buildings); commissions from agency activity (e.g. commissions received from collecting dry cleaning, selling lottery tickets, etc.); and the goods and services tax. Will start with NSW. Here's the top 2 industries - Supermarket and grocery stores & Food retailing ($ Millions): What is obvious - food retailing follows the trend of supermarket and grocery stores. In comparison with same period last year both industries have grown by 0.1% Two others from top 5 industries in NSW retail - Household goods retailing & Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food service...