02.04.201920:57:00UTC+00Australia Retail Sales Jump 0.8% In February

The value of retail sales in Australia was up a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent on month in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday - coming in at A$27.267 billion.

That beat expectations for an increase of 0.3 percent following the 0.1 percent gain in January.

By category, sales were up for food retailing (0.4 percent), cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.2 percent), and other retailing (0.1 percent).

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.0 percent) was relatively unchanged while household goods retailing (-0.2 percent) and department stores (-0.2 percent) fell.