IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 2,7% year-on-year in September 2015. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for:

• general dealers (4,0%);
• all 'other' retailers (3,9%);
• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3,5%); and
• retailers in pharmaceuticals and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (3,4%).

The main contributors to the 2,7% increase were general dealers (contributing 1,7 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 1,9% month-on-month in September 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 1,8% in August 2015 and 0,2% in July 2015.

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,0% in the third quarter of 2015 compared with the previous quarter.

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

• general dealers (4,2% and contributing 1,7 percentage points);
• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (4,1% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point); and
• all 'other' retailers (4,5% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point).