Retail Sales in Great Britain: August 2017

Summary

First estimate of retail sales, including quantity bought, store prices, average spend and internet sales, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

Publications

• Retail sales, Great Britain: August 2017

  A first estimate of retail sales in volume and value terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

Data

• Retail Sales Index

  A series of retail sales data for Great Britain in value and volume terms, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

• Retail Sales Index categories and their percentage weights

  Retail sales categories and descriptions and their percentage of all retailing in Great Britain.

• Retail Sales Index internet sales

  Internet sales in Great Britain by store type, month and year.

• Retail sales quality tables

  Standard error reference tables for the Retail Sales Index in Great Britain.

• Retail sales, business analysis

  The extent to which individual businesses in Great Britain experienced actual changes in their sales.

• 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.

• Retail Sales Index time series

  A first estimate of retail sales in value and volume terms for Great Britain, seasonally and non-seasonally adjusted.

• Retail sales pounds data

  Total sales and average weekly spending estimates for each retail sector in Great Britain in thousands of pounds.

• Retail sales revisions triangles, three-month growth

  Detailed revisions analysis for three months, Great Britain; includes a 12-month comparison.

• Retail sales, summary tables

  Summary tables for distribution analysis, response rates, standard errors and revisions triangles.

• Retail sales revisions triangles, one-month growth

  Detailed retail sales revisions analysis for the current month, Great Britain; includes a 12-month comparison.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. 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.

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