As against October 2022, in October 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally grew by 1.8% in unadjusted data due to increases in sales of non-food products (+4.8%) and in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+4%). Instead, automotive fuel sales in specialised stores fell by 7%.
As against October 2022, in October 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally climbed 1.4% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases in sales of non-food products (+4.5%) and in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.7%). Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores declined 8.3%.
As against September 2023, in October 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally climbed 1.3% in unadjusted data due to increases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+1.9%), in sales of non-food products (+1.2%) and in automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (+0.7%).
As against September 2023, in October 2023 retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally inched up 0.9% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases in automotive fuel sales in specialised stores (+1.6%), in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+1.2%) and in sales of non-food products advanced (+0.8%).
Compared to January-October 2022, in January-October 2023, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally rose 2% in unadjusted data due to increases in sales of non-food products (+3.7%) and in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.4%). Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores decreased by 3.6%.
Compared to January-October 2022, in January-October 2023, retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) globally advanced 2.2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days due to increases in sales of non-food products (+3.8%) and in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (+3.2%). Automotive fuel sales in specialised stores dropped 2.8%.