Retail sales, Great Britain: July 2019

From ons.gov.uk

In the three months to July 2019, the quantity bought in retail sales increased by 0.5% when compared with the previous three months, with food stores and fuel stores seeing a decline. The quantity bought in July 2019 increased by 0.2% when compared with the previous month, with strong growth of 6.9% in non-store retailing. Department stores’ growth increased for the first time this year with a month-on-month growth of 1.6%; this was following six consecutive months of decline. Year-on-year growth in the quantity bought increased by 3.3% in July 2019, with food stores being the only main sector reporting a fall at ... (full story)