Australia

This breaks four consecutive months of growth.

Lotte Duty Free will open a duty-free store in the airport on 1 June.

This breaks 11 consecutive months of growth. 

Retail turnover climbed by 1.4% during the month.

The Australian per capita expenditure on make-up reached $15.2 in 2021.

Delivery aggregators have been grappling with driver shortages and rising inflations.

However, it declined by 0.2% month-on-month.

Deliveroo recently announced it will stop operations in Australia. 

In the first half, Australian businesses only accounted for 3%  of Deliveroo’s GTV. 

It went up by 0.6%, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported. 

Nearly 84% of consumers have used online shopping platforms in the past six months.

The market is projected to grow by 13% during the quarter. 

This is the 18th consecutive month of growth, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.

The new platform will allow customers to avail of the Click & Collect service, amongst others.

Its surplus stood at $8.32b, the ABS reported.

Retail sales rose 0.6% during the month.