Monthly retail sales value growth in Great Britain 2016-2024
In April 2020 the value of retail sales decreased drastically by 23.5 percent on a year earlier, a direct impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. In the following months, retail sales value continued dropping, but made a turnaround in July 2020 with a positive rate of 0.3 percent. Most recently, retail sales on the basis of current prices grew at the rate of 2.3 percent in February 2024.