Release
Retail Sales in Great Britain: August 2017
Released:
20 September 2017 9:30am
Next release:
19 October 2017
Summary
First estimate of retail sales, including quantity bought, store prices, average spend and internet sales, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
Data
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Retail Sales Index
A series of retail sales data for Great Britain in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
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Retail Sales Index categories and their percentage weights
Retail sales categories and descriptions and their percentage of all retailing in Great Britain.
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Retail Sales Index internet sales
Internet sales in Great Britain by store type, month and year.
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Retail sales quality tables
Standard error reference tables for the Retail Sales Index in Great Britain.
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Retail sales, business analysis
The extent to which individual businesses in Great Britain experienced actual changes in their sales.
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Retail sales, internet index categories and their percentage weights
Descriptions and categories of the Internet Sales Index and their percentage of all retailing for Great Britain.
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Retail Sales Index time series
A first estimate of retail sales in value and volume terms for Great Britain, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.
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Retail sales pounds data
Total sales and average weekly spending estimates for each retail sector in Great Britain in thousands of pounds.
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Retail sales revisions triangles, three-month growth
Detailed revisions analysis for three months, Great Britain; includes a 12-month comparison.
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Retail sales, summary tables
Summary tables for response rates, standard errors and revisions triangles.
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Retail sales revisions triangles, one-month growth
Detailed retail sales revisions analysis for the current month, Great Britain; includes a 12-month comparison.
Changes to this release date
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Previous date
14 September 2017 9:30am
Reason for change
ONS has experienced a delay in processing survey data from the Retail Sales Inquiry. There is no risk to the security of the data, but in order to complete the necessary processing and quality assurance to meet ONS's highest standards, it is necessary to postpone the publication of the Retail Sales Index data and bulletin for August, currently scheduled for 14 September.
ONS apologises for this delay, and will announce a new publication date as soon as these technical issues are resolved and quality assurance of the data survey data is complete.
About the data
Accredited Official Statistics
These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:
- meet user needs
- are presented clearly and accessibly
- are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
- are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest