IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), retail trade sales increased by 2,0% year-on-year in August 2022. Positive annual growth rates were recorded for:

·         general dealers (6,4%);

·         retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (4,8%);

·         retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment (2,7%); and

·         all ‘other’ retailers (1,0%).

The largest positive contributor to this increase was general dealers (contributing 2,8 percentage points).

The largest negative contributor was retailers in hardware, paint and glass (contributing -0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 1,8% in August 2022 compared with July 2022. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,1% in July 2022 and -0,4% in June 2022. In the three months ended August 2022, seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 2,1% compared with the previous three months.

Retail trade sales increased by 2,6% in the three months ended August 2022 compared with the three months ended August 2021. The largest positive contributors to this increase were:

·          retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (8,4% and contributing 1,3 percentage points); and

·          general dealers (2,6% and contributing 1,2 percentage points).