Retail Sales Volume in Ireland Continues its Monthly Climb – CSO Statistics

Seasonally adjusted, the volume of retail sales increased by 0.8% in the month of May, with an annual increase of 3.3%. If Motor Trades are excluded, there was an increase of 0.8% in the volume of retail sales in May 2017 when compared with April 2017 and there was an increase of 7.3% in the annual figure.

The sectors with the largest monthly volume increases were Hardware, Paints & Glass (6.5%), Electrical Goods (3.3%) and Books, Newspapers and Stationery (3.1%). The sectors with the largest month on month volume decreases were Furniture and Lighting (-6.3%), Bars (-3.4%) and Department Stores (-1.9%).

There was an increase of 0.7% in the value of retail sales in May 2017 when compared with April 2017 and there was an annual increase of 0.8% when compared with May 2016. If Motor Trades are excluded, there was an increase of 0.3% in the value of retail sales and an annual increase of 4.1%.

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