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UK retail sales volumes up estimated 1.2% MoM, 5% YoY in Apr 2025: ONS

24 May '25

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UK retail sales volumes up estimated 1.2% MoM, 5% YoY in Apr 2025: ONS

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UK retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 1.2 per cent month on month (MoM) and 5 per cent YoY in April 2025.
Such volumes rose by 1.8 per cent quarter on quarter and 2.6 per cent rise YoY in the three months to April 2025.
The amount spent online fell by 0.3 per cent MoM in April.
Total spend (the sum of in-store and online sales) rose by 0.7 per cent MoM in the month.

UK retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 1.2 per cent month on month (MoM) and 5 per cent year on year (YoY) in April this year, according to the Office of National statistics (ONS). This follows a MoM rise of 0.1 per cent in March this year.

Such volumes rose by 1.8 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) and 2.6 per cent rise YoY in the three months to April 2025. This was the largest three-monthly rise since July 2021 and the largest YoY rise since March 2022.

Volumes were up by 0.3 per cent compared with their pre-pandemic level in February 2020, reaching their highest level since July 2022.

Non-food stores sales volumes (the total of department, clothing, household and other non-food stores) fell by 0.7 per cent MoM in April. This was because of falls in clothing stores and other non-food stores. These falls in sales volumes mainly followed strong growth in March 2025, an ONS release said.

The amount spent online fell by 0.3 per cent MoM in April 2025 in the country. Sales values, however, rose by 6.1 per cent YoY in April and by 3.4 per cent QoQ in the three months to April.

Total spend (the sum of in-store and online sales) rose by 0.7 per cent MoM in the month. As a result, the proportion of sales made online fell from 27.1 per cent in March 2025 to 26.8 per cent in April.

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