IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Measured in real terms (constant 2015 prices), retail trade sales decreased by 9,0% year-on-year in July 2020. Negative annual growth rates were recorded for:

• all 'other' retailers (-39,1%);
• retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (-18,4%);
• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (-13,8%); and
• general dealers (-3,2%).

The negative contributors to the 9,0% decrease were:

• all 'other' retailers (contributing -5,2 percentage points);
• retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing -2,5 percentage points);
• retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (contributing -1,4 percentage points); and
• general dealers (contributing -1,3 percentage points).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 1,1% in July 2020 compared with June 2020. This followed month-on-month changes of 6,6% in June 2020 and 68,8% in May 2020. In the three months ending July 2020, seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 7,4% compared with the three months ending July 2020.

Retail trade sales decreased by 9,4% in the three months ending July 2020 compared with the three months ending July 2019. The main negative contributors to this decrease were:

• all 'other' retailers (-46,6% and contributing -5,9 percentage points); and
• retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (-21,0% and contributing -1,6 percentage points).