In December 2025 against December 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally decreased by 1.6% in unadjusted data due to declines in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.5%) and sales of non-food products (-2.3%). Fuel sales in specialized stores rose by 4.3%.
In December 2025 against December 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally fell by 2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.0%) and sales of non-food products (-2.3%). Fuel sales in specialized stores increased by 3.2%.
In December 2025 against November 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally advanced by 5.8% in unadjusted data due to increases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+15.5%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (+8.5%). Sales of non-food products dropped by 1.4%.
In December 2025 against November 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally inched 0.6% higher when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases in fuel sales in specialized stores (+2.6%) and by sales of non-food products (+0.1%). Sales of food, beverages and tobacco remained unchanged.
In 2025 compared to 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally edged 0.2% higher in unadjusted data due to increases in sales of non-food products (+1.9%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (+1.5%). Sales of food products, beverages and tobacco decreased by 2.7%.