Key findings: P6242.1 - Retail trade sales, January 2014

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 6,8% year-on-year in January 2014. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (11,6%);
  • retailers in hardware, paint and glass (9,9%); and
  • general dealers (6,9%).

The main contributors to the 6,8% increase were general dealers (contributing 2,8 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 2,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,8% month-on-month in January 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,0% in December 2013 and 1,5% in November 2013.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 2,1% in the three months ended January 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 4,3% in the three months ended January 2014 compared with the three months ended January 2013. The main contributors to this increase were retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (8,5% and contributing 1,9 percentage points); and general dealers (4,4% and contributing 1,7% percentage points).