ONLINE RETAIL SALES INDEX

The NAB Cashless Retail Sales Index is a new product which provides timely proprietary data on a major part of retail spending in Australia.

Online sales growing over the year, rebound in the month

Online sales slower over the year, contract in the month

Online sales faster in the month but slower over the year.

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Online sales slower over the year and month.

Online sales slightly faster over the year, contracts in the month

In total, we estimate the Australian online retail market was worth $21.65bn in the 12 months to December 2016.

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