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Surprisingly low retail gross sales in key Christmas buying month – ONS

By Editorial Board Published December 20, 2024 3 Min Read
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Surprisingly low retail gross sales in key Christmas buying month – ONS

The UK’s retail gross sales restoration was smaller than anticipated in the important thing Christmas buying month of November, official figures present.

Retail gross sales rose simply 0.2% final month regardless of discounting occasions within the run-up to Black Friday. It adopted a 0.7% fall seen in October, in keeping with information from the Workplace for Nationwide Statistics (ONS).

Gross sales progress of 0.5% had been forecast by economists.

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Behind the autumn was a steep drop in clothes gross sales, which fell 2.6% to the bottom degree for the reason that COVID lockdown month of January 2022.

Gross sales have nonetheless not recovered to ranges earlier than the pandemic. In contrast with February 2020, volumes are down 1.6%.

It was financial moderately than climate components behind this as retailers informed the ONS they confronted robust buying and selling circumstances.

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For the primary time in three months, nevertheless, there was a lift in meals retailer gross sales, and supermarkets specifically. It was additionally a very good month for family items retailers, most notably furnishings outlets, the ONS stated.

Garments grew to become costlier in November, information from earlier this week demonstrated, and it was these worth rises that contributed to general inflation rising once more – topping 2.6%.

Retail gross sales figures are of significance as the info measures family consumption, the most important expenditure throughout the UK economic system.

The information also can assist monitor how customers really feel about their funds and the economic system extra broadly.

Trade physique the British Retail Consortium (BRC) stated increased power payments and low shopper sentiment impacted spending.

The BRC’s director of perception Kris Hamer stated it was a “shaky” begin to the festive season.

Buyers have been holding off on purchases till full Black Friday presents kicked in, he added.

The interval in query covers discounting coming as much as Black Friday however not the precise Friday itself because the ONS examined the 4 weeks from 27 October to 23 November.

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