IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales decreased by 2,3% year-on-year in January 2017. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (-5,3%);
• all 'other' retailers (-4,3%);
• retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment (-3,4%); and
• general dealers (-2,8%).

The main negative contributors to the 2,3% decrease were:

• general dealers (contributing -1,2 percentage points);
• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing -1,0 percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 1,2% month-on-month in January 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of -2,5% in December 2016 and 3,0% in November 2016. In the three months ended January 2017, seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0,6% compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 0,7% in the three months ended January 2017 compared with the three months ended January 2016. The main contributor to this increase was retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3,9% and contributing 0,8 of a percentage point).