date:Jul 30, 2015
Australian retailers can expect a slight improvement in year-on-year sales growth in the coming months according to the eighteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index, just released by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and pallet group CEPH. However the food sector is under pressure and showing slower growth.
Australian Food and Grocery Council CEO, Gary Dawson said, Its encouraging to see low interest rates and a pickup in jobs growth rate flowing through to stronger retail sale