In January-April 2026 period compared to January-April 2025 period, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally shrank by 5.8% in unadjusted data due to declines in sales of non-food products (-8.7%), sales of food products, beverages and tobacco (-3.8%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (-2.0%).
In January-April 2026 period compared to January-April 2025 period, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally fell by 5.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases in sales of non-food products (-8.3%), sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.5%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (-1.6%).
In April 2026 compared to April 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally dropped by 5.4% in unadjusted data due to decreases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-6.7%), sales of non-food products (-6.3%) and fuel sales (-0.7%).
In April 2026 compared to April 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally fell by 6.3% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to declines in sales of non-food products (-7.9%), sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-6.6%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (-2.1%).
In April 2026 compared to March 2026, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally dwindled by 1.4% in unadjusted data due to declines in fuel sales in specialized stores (-5.2%), sales of non-food products (-0.9%) and sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-0.1%).
In April 2026 compared to March 2026, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally sank by 2.6% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases in fuel sales in specialized stores (-3.5%) and sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-1.8%) and non-food products (-1.4%).