August 2020 UK Retail Sales: Rebound Continues, Underpinned by Online Sales and Big-Ticket Sectors

What's Inside

The rebound of UK retail sales maintained momentum in August, after returning to pre-crisis levels in July. Total growth was supported by online sales and big-ticket sectors.

We review the monthly data for UK retail in total and by sector:

• We chart the trend in total value and volume retail sales growth over the last 13 months.
• We show value sales growth for 20 sectors across food and nonfood retail, for each of the latest three months.
• We discuss growth in online retail sales, by major sector.

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