Retail spending is on the up throughout the country, with large growth in the durables and hospitality industries.

They were both up around 1.5% last month, collectively expanding by $31m.

The sector's total electronic spending in June reached $4.6b.

That's an almost 7% jump from the corresponding period last year.

It's the first time in more than a year that all 6 retail industries had increases in spending.