IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 1,7% year-on-year in January 2015. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for retailers in:

• textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (8,8%); and
  
• hardware, paint and glass (6,4%).

The main contributor to the 1,7% increase was retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 1,8 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 0,1% month-on-month in January 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,9% in December 2014 and 1,3% in November 2014.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,6% in the three months ended January 2015 compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,0% in the three months ended January 2015 compared with the three months ended January 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (4,9% and contributing 1,1 percentage points);  and
  
• general dealers (1,1% and contributing 0,4 of a percentage point).