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

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 4,2% year-on-year in November 2013. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (9,0%);
  • general dealers (7,1%); and
  • retailers in hardware, paint and glass (5,6%).

Positive contributors to the 4,2% increase were general dealers (contributing 2,6 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 2,0 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,2% month-on-month in November 2013. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,3% in October 2013 and -0,7% in September 2013.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,1% in the three months ended November 2013 compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,0% in the three months ended November 2013 compared with the three months ended November 2012. The main contributor to this increase was retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (7,6% and contributing 1,6 percentage