Sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 0.9% on the month in September, sales of non-food items grew 0.2%, while fuel sales declined 2.3%.
Compared with September 2016, adjusted retail sales grew 12.9%, as sales of non-food items grew 18.8%, fuel sales grew 14%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 9.1%.
In unadjusted terms, retail sales grew 13.7% in September 2017 compared with September 2016.
Adjusted retail sales in the first nine months grew 8.8% compared with the same period last year.
Non-food sales grew 13.1%, fuel sales grew 11.4%, and sales of food, beverages and tobacco grew 4.6%, the data showed.
In unadjusted data, retail sales grew 9.8% in January-September.