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

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales remained unchanged between June 2013 and June 2014. The highest annual growth rate was recorded for retailers in hardware, paint and glass (5,2%). The most negative annual growth rate was recorded for retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment
(-9,2%).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 0,4% month-on-month in June 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,9% in May 2014 and 0,3% in April 2014.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 0,1% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the previous quarter.

Retail trade sales increased by 1,5% in the second quarter of 2014 compared with the second quarter of 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:
general dealers (1,8% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point); and
retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (2,2% and contributing 0,5 of a percentage point).