28-Mar-2025

Economic Buzz: UK retail sales rise 1% in February

According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics, UK's retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 1.0% in February 2025. This follows a rise of 1.4% in January 2025.

Non-food store sales volumes grew strongly in February 2025, with rises across all four sub-sectors (department, other non-food, clothing, and household goods stores), while supermarket sales volumes fell back following a strong rise in January 2025.

More broadly, sales volumes rose by 0.3% in the three months to February 2025, compared with the three months to November 2024, and by 2.0% when compared with the three months to February 2024.

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