IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices), retail trade sales increased by 1,8% year-on-year in July 2017. The highest annual growth rates were recorded for:

• all 'other' retailers (12,4%);
• retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (7,1%); and
• retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment (6,8%).

The main contributor to the 1,8% increase was all 'other' retailers (contributing 1,4 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 0,6% month-on-month in July 2017. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,6% in June 2017 and 0,9% in May 2017. In the three months ended July 2017, seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,5% compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,1% in the three months ended July 2017 compared with the three months ended July 2016. The main contributors to this increase were:

• all 'other' retailers (10,8% and contributing 1,2 percentage points); and
• retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (7,1% and contributing 0,5 of a  percentage point).