Compared with August 2019, retail sales grew 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 2.3% in seasonally adjusted data. Non-food sales grew 7.9% on the year in August, while fuel sales dropped 6.4%.
In January-August, retail sales grew 1.3% compared with the same period in 2019. Adjusted for seasonality, retail sales grew 1% in the first eight months of 2020.