CFS Retail Property Trust ’s portfolio of 28 shopping centres and discount factory outlet centres recorded sales growth of 1.8 per cent for the 12 months to December 2013 to $6.837 billion. Department stores (-1.7 per cent) and discount department stores (-0.8 per cent) were the weakest performers compared with the previous year. Supermarkets sales were the strongest, up 4 per cent.
