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RSI:Value Seasonally Adjusted:All Retailers inc fuel:All Business Index
116.3 Index, base year = 100
2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
- Next release:
- 23 June 2023

Retail sales, Great Britain: April 2023
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- Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.5% in April 2023, following a fall of 1.2% in March 2023 (revised from a fall of 0.9%).
- Sales volumes rose by 0.8% in the three months to April 2023 when compared with the previous three months; the highest rate since August 2021 (1.3%).
- Non-food stores sales volumes rose by 1.0% in April 2023, following a fall of 1.8% in March when poor weather conditions throughout most of March affected sales.

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116.3 Index, base year = 100 2023 APR
- Release date:
- 26 May 2023
- Next release:
- 23 June 2023
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117.8 Index, base year = 100 2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
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- 23 June 2023
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98.3 Index, base year = 100 2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
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- 23 June 2023
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99.7 Index, base year = 100 2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
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- 23 June 2023
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4.7 % 2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
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- 23 June 2023
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-3 % 2023 APR
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- 26 May 2023
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- 23 June 2023
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Retail Sales Index time series
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Retail Sales Index
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Retail sales, Great Britain: April 2023
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