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

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 3,9% year-on-year in November 2015. The highest positive annual growth rates were recorded for:

  • all 'other' retailers (7,0%);
  • retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (5,8%); and
  • retailers in pharmaceuticals and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (5,6%).

The main contributors to the 3,9% increase were general dealers (contributing 1,9 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 1,2 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 2,5% month-on-month in November 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,4% in October 2015 and -1,5% in September 2015.

In the three months ended November 2015, seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,9% compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 3,5% in the three months ended November 2015 compared with the three months ended November 2014. The main contributors to this increase were:

  • general dealers (4,1% and contributing 1,6 percentage points); and
  • retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (5,5% and contributing 1,1 percentage points).