This statistic presents the year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales across all categories in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021. In that month, like-for-like sales in the retail industry increased by 8.4 percent compared to the same period in 2019. In order to give a better understanding of the changes in the retail sector, results from January 2021 onwards are comparisons to the same periods in 2019.
Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021
* From January 2021 on, data is compared to 2019 (pre-pandemic) levels.
December 2020 figures cover the five weeks between November 29 and January 2, 2021.
December 2018 figures are not provided by the source.
Growth in total value of retail sales (spending) across all categories.
The source adds the following information: "The BRC KPMG Retail Sales Monitor measures changes in the actual value (including VAT) of retail sales, excluding automotive fuel. The Monitor measures the value of spending and hence does not adjust for price or VAT changes. If prices are rising, sales volumes will increase by less than sales values. In times of price deflation, sales volumes will increase by more than sales values.
"'Likeforlike' sales growth (LFL) is the percentage change in the value of comparable sales compared to the same period a year earlier. It excludes any spending in stores that opened or closed in the intervening year, thus stripping out the effect on sales of changes in floorspace. Many retailers include distance sales as a component of likeforlike comparable sales."
Figure for December 2017 is not provided by the source.
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KPMG. (April 13, 2021). Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/
KPMG. "Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021." Chart. April 13, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/
KPMG. (2021). Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/
KPMG. "Year-on-year Change in Like-for-like Retail Sales in The United Kingdom (Uk) from January 2016 to March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Apr 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/
KPMG, Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Year-on-year change in like-for-like retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2016 to March 2021 [Graph], KPMG, April 13, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/537996/retail-sales-like-for-like-y-o-y-change-united-kingdom-uk/
