Macau’s retail industry saw its revenue surge by 29 percent year-on-year in 2010, to MOP29.75 billion (US$3.7 billion), according to the Statistics and Census Service.

The retail trade excludes motor vehicles, fuel and repair of personal and household goods.

At the same time, expenditure reached MOP25.96 billion, up by 26 percent.

In 2010, there were almost 5,800 establishments operating in retail in Macau, more 410 than in the previous year.

During the same period, those working in this sector increased by 7 percent, to around 22,800 people.