For the three months to September the unadjusted value of retail sales was 3.9 per cent higher than in the same period a year earlier. The average weekly value of sales in September was £4.7 billion, 3.9 per cent higher than in September 2005. Food stores increased by 4.8 per cent over the year compared with 2.9 per cent growth for non-food stores.
Analysis of the retail sales implied deflator, the ratio of the value of sales to the volume of sales, indicates the first overall increase in the price of retail goods for more than four years. The annual rate of change for the implied deflator was 0.6 per cent in September, the highest since June 2001 and the first time it has been positive since January 2002.
National Statistics, United Kingdom
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