In January – October 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), globally increased by 1% in unadjusted data due to increases registered by sales of non-food products (+3.2%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (+1.9%). Sales of food products, beverages and tobacco decreased by 2.4%.
In January – October, 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally increased by 1.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases registered by sales of non-food products (+4.2%) and fuel sales in specialized stores (+3%). Sales of food, beverages and tobacco decreased by 1.8%.
In October 2025 compared to October 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally decreased by 4.6% in unadjusted data due to decreases registered by sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-6.9%), fuel sales in specialized stores (-4.0%) and sales of non-food products (-3.2%).
In October 2025 compared to October 2024, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally decreased by 4.0% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases registered by sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-6.9%) and sales of non-food products (-2.2%). Fuel sales in specialized stores grew by 3.4%.
In October 2025 compared to September 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally decreased by 0.6% in unadjusted data due to decreases registered by fuel sales in specialized stores (-5.3%) and by sales of non-food products (-0.4%). Sales of food, beverages and tobacco increased by 1.8%.
In October 2025 compared to September 2025, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally decreased by 1.1% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to decreases registered by fuel sales in specialized stores (-1.0%), sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-0.9%) and sales of nonfood products (-0.4%).