Retail sales in the month of June have contracted 1.8 per cent – their largest fall this year. Sky News Business Reporter Ed Boyd spoke to Sky News Australia about June’s results. He looked at the “big moves” in retail turnover in the month. “The only thing that went up was food,” he said. “Clothing and footwear, that was the hardest his category, down about almost 10 per cent”.

Retail sales in the month of June contract 1.8 per cent