Compared with September 2019, retail sales grew 4.6% in unadjusted data and by 3.5% in seasonally adjusted data. Non-food sales grew 11.6% on the year in September, while fuel sales grew 1.1%.
In January-September, retail sales grew 1.7% compared with the same period in 2019. Adjusted for seasonality, retail sales grew 1.4% in the first nine months of 2020.