October 2015 UK Retail Sales & E-Commerce Briefing

Executive Summary

Coresight Research’s monthly reports keep you up to date on US and UK retail sales, US retail traffic and in-store metrics, selected US retailers’ same-store sales and key global consumer indicators. Click here to view our full collection of Monthly Reports.

Our monthly UK Retail Sales Report reviews the latest sector data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Highlights from our October UK Retail Sales Report:

• Following an unexpectedly strong September, total retail growth in the UK returned to its weakening trend in October
• Total sales rose by just 0.8% year over year. To show the medium-­‐term trend more clearly,
• Falling sales at grocery stores are contributing, but nonfood retailers’ growth has softened across 2015 (September excepted).