SA shoppers spend up to defy Omicron wave

South Australian shoppers spent up big in January despite an Omicron outbreak, with retail sales jumping 3.1 per cent to top $2 billion.

SA COVID shopping slump knocks tinsel off retailers' Christmas

South Australian retail spending slumped by $84 million in December – the biggest monthly decline since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic – as the Omicron surge curtailed the traditional Christmas shopping frenzy.

Retail spending splurge doused by Omicron

Retail sales in Australia soared by 7.3 per cent in November after last year’s easing of COVID-19 restrictions, but there are signs the subsequent emergence of the Omicron variant has since curbed spending.