Key findings: P6242.1 - Retail trade sales, June 2015

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 3,5% year-on-year in June 2015. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for retailers in:

  • household furniture, appliances and equipment (6,8%); and
  • textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (5,8%).

The main contributors to the 3,5% increase were general dealers (contributing 1,7 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 1,1 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,1% month-on-month in June 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,1% in May 2015 and 0,0% in April 2015.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,4% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter.

Retail trade sales increased by 3,1% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter of 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • general dealers (3,2% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and
  • retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3,4% and contributing 0,7 of a percentage point).