Key findings: P6242.1 - Retail trade sales, September 2013

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 0,2% year-on-year in September 2013. Positive annual growth rates were recorded for retailers in:

  • textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (5,9%); and
  • hardware, paint and glass (3,4%).

Positive contributors to the 0,2% increase were retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 1,1 percentage points) and retailers in hardware, paint and glass (contributing 0,3 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 0,7% month-on-month in September 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,2% in August 2013 and -0,4% in July 2013.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,4% in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the previous quarter.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,1% in the third quarter of 2013 compared with the third quarter of 2012. The main contributors to this increase were retailers in:

  •  textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (7,4% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and
  • hardware, paint and glass (6,0% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).