Monthly survey on retail trade - 2025-08
Published on the 19th of September 2025
statistics
Turnover in retail trade picked up slightly in August
Note: The change in retail sales does not reflect the change in total household consumption as the latter includes other items such as health care, education and rents.
In August, turnover in retail trade picked up slightly month-on-month (+0.1%; data adjusted for seasonal and working-day variations), following a decline in July (-0.4%). Manufactured goods sales rose by 0.5%, after dropping by 0.1% in July, while food sales continued to decrease (-0.4%) in August, after declining by 0.7% in July. Manufactured goods sales showed contrasting trends across sub-sectors. They fell sharply for press and stationery (-4.0% after +3.0% the previous month), consumer electronics (-3.3% after +1.9%), and furniture (-2.9% after +4.5%), while they recovered significantly for new automobiles (+4.7% after a sharp decline of -7.0% in July), sports equipment (+4.5% after -5.6%) and textiles (+3.8% after -1.7%).
In terms of distribution channels, hypermarket sales fell again in August (-0.6% after -0.5%), as did supermarket sales (-0.9% after -0.4%). Sales at department stores rose (+2.0% after -0.2%), while sales at small retail stores declined (-1.0% after +0.6%).
Three month-on-three month, overall turnover in retail trade declined (-0.8%), as did manufactured goods sales (-1.2%) and food sales (-0.4%).
In terms of distribution channels, hypermarket sales fell again in August (-0.6% after -0.5%), as did supermarket sales (-0.9% after -0.4%). Sales at department stores rose (+2.0% after -0.2%), while sales at small retail stores declined (-1.0% after +0.6%).
Three month-on-three month, overall turnover in retail trade declined (-0.8%), as did manufactured goods sales (-1.2%) and food sales (-0.4%).
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.
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis. Total and manufactured products series are reconstituted by aggregating the SA-WDA series of the sub-components.
3) SA-WDA: Seasonally and working-day adjusted.
1) Sectors are classified according to the relative weight of the products included in the total aggregate of retail trade.
2) The aggregated and by sub-sector series are seasonally adjusted on an individual basis. Total and manufactured products series are reconstituted by aggregating the SA-WDA series of the sub-components.
3) SA-WDA: Seasonally and working-day adjusted.
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Breakdown by industrial product and outlet category – August 2025
Updated on the 18th of September 2025