Compared with October 2019, retail sales grew 4.1% in unadjusted data and by 5.7% in seasonally adjusted data. Non-food sales grew 13.1% on the year in October, food sales grew 4.8%, while fuel sales declined 12%.
In January-October, retail sales grew 2% compared with the same period in 2019. Adjusted for seasonality, retail sales grew 1.9% in the first ten months of 2020.