In November 2019 estimates of retail trade continued to decrease in the month-on-month series, falling by 0.2% in value terms and dropping by 0.3% in volume terms. The underlying pattern in the retail sector shows a contraction in the three months to November 2019, when both value and volume were down 0.1%. Year-on-year both value and volume of retail trade grew for the sixth consecutive month in November 2019, increasing by 0.9% and 0.7% respectively. Total sales of large scale distribution increased by 3.3% from the same period a year earlier, while small scale distribution decreased by 1.4%. Online sales continued ... (full story)