The total value of retail sales in Australia was down a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on month in February, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Monday - coming in at A$25.691 billion.
That missed forecasts for an increase of 0.3 percent following the 0.4 percent gain in January.
By category, food retailing was up 0.3 percent, followed by cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (0.1 percent), and other retailing (0.1 percent).
Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing was unchanged (0.0 percent). Household goods retailing (-0.1 percent), and Department Stores (-0.1 percent) were down.
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