Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), retail trade sales increased by 5,6% year-on-year in July 2025. The largest positive contributors to this increase were:

·         retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (10,0% and contributing 1,7 percentage points);

·         general dealers (3,3% and contributing 1,4 percentage points);

·         all ‘other’ retailers (11,9% and contributing 1,2 percentage points); and

·         retailers in hardware, paint and glass (13,2% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 2,1% in July 2025 compared with June 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of -0,1% in June 2025 and -0,4% in May 2025.

Retail trade sales increased by 3,8% in the three months ended July 2025 compared with the three months ended July 2024. The largest positive contributors to this increase were:

·         retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (8,7% and contributing 1,5 percentage points); and

·         general dealers (2,0% and contributing 0,9 of a percentage point).

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,3% in the three months ended July 2025 compared with the previous three months. The largest positive contributors were:

·         retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3,2% and contributing 0,6 of a percentage point);

·         retailers in hardware, paint and glass (4,0% and contributing 0,3 of a percentage point);

·         all ‘other’ retailers (1,8% and contributing 0,2 of a percentage point); and

·         general dealers (0,4% and contributing 0,2 of a percentage point).

The negative contributor was retailers in food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores (-1,2% and contributing
-0,1 of a percentage point).