date:Jan 31, 2013
Retail spending growth will remain steady heading into 2013, according to the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) and global packaging company CHEPs latest Retail Index released yesterday.
The Index showed a 3 per cent growth in December 2012 in a year-on-year comparison with December 2011. The AFGC predicts that this level of year-on-year growth is expected to hold steady in February 2013 when compared with February 2012, and then also in the 2013 March quarter with both forecast to be