Monthly survey on retail trade 2023Sep
Published on 20 October 2023
Retail sales picked up in September
Note: The trend in retail sales does not reflect that of total household consumption: the latter includes other items such as health care, education and rents.
In September, the volume of manufactured goods sales increased by 1.3% compared with August, following a 2.2% decline the previous month. The upturn was driven notably by press and stationary (+10.8% after -8.6%), footwear (+8.2% after -7.9%), bicycles and motorcycles (+5.8% after +0.3%) and new cars (+4.7% after +0.5%). In contrast, sales fell slightly month-on-month in pharmaceuticals (-2.2% after +2.2%), DIY (-2.1% after -0.5%) and furniture (-1.5% after -10.9%).
The volume of food sales rose by 1.9% in September, after falling by 2.2% in August.
With the exception of small retailers, where sales inched down by 0.1%, all distribution channels reported a rise in turnover, especially supermarkets which saw 3.2% growth month-on-month.
Over the past three months,both manufactured goods and food sales have fallen in volume terms compared with the previous three months( -1.2% and -0.5% respectively).
The volume of food sales rose by 1.9% in September, after falling by 2.2% in August.
With the exception of small retailers, where sales inched down by 0.1%, all distribution channels reported a rise in turnover, especially supermarkets which saw 3.2% growth month-on-month.
Over the past three months,both manufactured goods and food sales have fallen in volume terms compared with the previous three months( -1.2% and -0.5% respectively).
Total manufactured goods and food sales
Month-on-month change (%) - Seasonally and working-day adjusted volumes
Notes :
1) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components.
1) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade (weights are given on the right scale)
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis: the seasonally adjusted series do not represent the sum of the seasonally adjusted components.
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Breakdown by industrial product and outlet category – September 2023