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

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 2,6% year-on-year in November 2014. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • retailers in hardware, paint and glass (12,2%);
  • retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment  (4,2%); and
  • general dealers (3,9%).

The main contributors to the 2,6% increase were general dealers (contributing 1,5 percentage points) and retailers in hardware, paint and glass (contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,5% month-on-month in November 2014. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,4% in October 2014 and -0,6% in September 2014.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,9% in the three months ended November 2014 compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,7% in the three months ended November 2014 compared with the three months ended November 2013. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • general dealers (2,7% and contributing 1,1 percentage points); and
  • retailers in hardware, paint and glass (7,7% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).