Great Britain: internet retail sales growth by sector 2024

After the surge in the first half of 2021, online retail sales have started to decline in Great Britain. However, as of August 2024, retail sales showed a positive percentage change in sales value, if compared to the same month of the previous year.

Percentage change in internet retail sales value in Great Britain from January 2022 to August 2024, by sector

Characteristic	All retailing	Predominantly food stores	Other stores	Household goods stores	Department stores	Non-store retailing	Textiles clothing and footwear stores
Aug '24	4.3%	-0.8%	6.3%	13.7%	-0.2%	26.4%	4.3%
Jul '24	4%	0.1%	3.9%	15.8%	-5.8%	24.9%	5.2%
Jun '24	3.3%	-0.3%	2%	-2.9%	-6.4%	31.8%	5.4%
May'24	5.8%	1.7%	4.9%	9.6%	-1.5%	25.4%	7.7%
Apr '24	-0.4%	-1.1%	1.4%	4.6%	-4%	18.7%	-1.5%
Mar '24	2.4%	5.6%	1.2%	-2.8%	-0.5%	15.2%	2.4%
Feb '24	3%	4.3%	1.9%	1.8%	-2.3%	12.5%	3.5%
Jan '24	3.6%	5.5%	2.8%	-0.7%	-2.7%	12.2%	3.7%
Dec '23	9.2%	4.1%	6.2%	-2.7%	9.5%	13.6%	13.3%
Nov '23	9.7%	7.3%	12.1%	1.6%	12.6%	15.8%	8.6%
Oct '23	6.6%	7.2%	7.3%	-0.6%	14.7%	-4.6%	5.8%
Sep '23	7.7%	14.7%	7.5%	-2.7%	11.6%	-1.4%	5.9%
Aug' 23	9.9%	12.8%	9.1%	-2.1%	18.1%	-1.8%	9.7%
Jul '23	9.6%	8.9%	9.3%	-5.7%	16.2%	9.1%	10.1%
Jun '23	7.9%	9.4%	10.3%	4.2%	18%	1.6%	5.7%
May '23	6.9%	12.4%	9.8%	4.2%	21.6%	0.1%	3.3%
Apr '23	3.1%	8.5%	5.6%	0.7%	11.5%	0.4%	-0.3%
Mar '23	4.5%	2.9%	4.5%	-0.9%	11.5%	-4.7%	5%
Feb '23	-2.2%	3.7%	0.4%	0.2%	5.9%	-11.8%	-5.6%
Jan '23	-6.2%	0.5%	-0.1%	0.9%	11.3%	-15.9%	-12.2%
Dec '22	-7.8%	1.9%	-0.1%	4.6%	-1.7%	-10.6%	-15.6%
Nov '22	-5.7%	2.1%	-1.2%	3.1%	-2%	-2.9%	-10.9%
Oct '22	-6.8%	-3.1%	-4.7%	-2.7%	-5.7%	0.3%	-9.4%
Sep '22	-7.8%	-10.2%	-1.8%	-0.5%	0.3%	0.6%	-11.2%
Aug '22	-8.5%	-10.9%	-3.9%	-2.5%	-4.6%	0.2%	-11%
Jul '22	-6.2%	-11.1%	-3.2%	-10.5%	0.2%	0.2%	-6.8%
Jun '22	-8%	-12.6%	-4.4%	-3.2%	-2.7%	-0.5%	-9.1%
May '22	-8.1%	-12.3%	-8.3%	-14.6%	0.9%	-6%	-6.6%
Apr '22	-9.9%	-12.7%	-15.2%	-13.5%	-5.5%	-20.3%	-4.8%
Mar '22	-19.6%	-19.7%	-26%	-32.4%	-14.9%	-24.8%	-13.9%
Feb '22	-16.1%	-22.3%	-25.1%	-32.7%	-12.7%	-19.3%	-6.2%
Jan '22	-9.8%	-22.6%	-16.2%	-21.3%	0%	-18%	-0.3%

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Release date

September 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2022 to August 2024

Supplementary notes

'All retailing' sector excludes automotive fuel.

Figures are percentage change compared to the same month the previous year.

Values have been seasonally adjusted
This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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