Great Britain: internet retail sales growth by sector 2023

After the surge in the second half of 2020 and the first half of 2021, online retail sales have started to decline in Great Britain. In December 2022, most online retail segments showed a negative percentage change in sales value, if compared to the same month of the previous year. However, as of May 2023, online retail sales grew by 1.9 percent.

Percentage change in internet retail sales value in Great Britain from January 2020 to May 2023, by sector

Characteristic	Predominantly food stores	Other stores	Household goods stores	Department stores	Textiles clothing and footwear stores	All retailing
May '23	7.7%	-8.7%	-3.1%	6.7%	17.8%	1.9%
Apr '23	3.9%	-5.8%	-3.3%	0%	5.2%	3.7%
Mar '23	0%	-10.7%	2.9%	1.7%	8.8%	-2.8%
Feb '23	0.7%	-16.5%	1.7%	0.8%	3.3%	-6.9%
Jan '23	-2.4%	-20.9%	2.8%	0.9%	7.8%	-9.1%
Dec '22	-11.8%	-14.9%	13.5%	2.4%	-1.5%	-6%
Nov '22	-0.6%	-6.8%	-2.2%	3.3%	-2.2%	-7.5%
Oct '22	-6.2%	-5.5%	-11.8%	-1.9%	-5.6%	-7.7%
Sep '22	-9.3%	-3.5%	-10%	0.9%	0.3%	-8.2%
Aug '22	-10%	-4%	-8.7%	-0.8%	-3.8%	-5.4%
Jul '22	-10.6%	0.1%	-4.9%	-9.2%	0.2%	-8.1%
Jun '22	-12.1%	-0.2%	-11.6%	-3.2%	-3.1%	-8%
May '22	-11.7%	-7.2%	-16.7%	-14.7%	1.8%	-10.1%
Apr '22	-12.6%	-21%	-22.6%	-11%	-5.6%	-20%
Mar '22	-18.9%	-25.4%	-35.2%	-34.8%	-15.2%	-16.2%
Feb '22	-21.4%	-19.8%	-39.5%	-33.1%	-13.3%	-10.2%
Jan '22	-22%	-18.3%	-29%	-21.8%	-1.2%	0.9%
Dec '21	-0.7%	-11.4%	7.3%	-30.5%	-0.7%	-7.5%
Nov '21	-7.6%	-21.6%	-26.7%	-31.5%	-2.9%	-0.8%
Oct '21	-2.3%	-4.8%	-7.6%	-21.7%	9%	5.6%
Sep '21	1.8%	-0.4%	3%	-22.1%	11.4%	3.5%
Aug '21	0.5%	-6%	0%	-19.6%	11.6%	0.3%
July '21	-0.2%	-19.7%	5.8%	-12.2%	13%	-4.3%
Jun '21	-4.5%	-13%	-5.3%	-36%	4.2%	3.6%
May '21	-7.8%	-4.1%	2%	-8.2%	40.7%	31.4%
Apr '21	14.1%	47.4%	25.5%	-5.8%	86.9%	66.5%
Mar '21	100%	114.3%	96.9%	39.7%	77.5%	86.8%
Feb '21	139.4%	126.9%	184.4%	110.4%	55.4%	78.2%
Jan '21	144.7%	134.7%	148%	79.2%	43.3%	61.7%
Dec '20	132.9%	85.8%	51%	96.1%	53.1%	78.5%
Nov '20	110.9%	143.5%	137.8%	139.9%	58.5%	65.5%
Oct '20	101.8%	106.8%	78.1%	91.6%	40.6%	57%
Sep '20	92%	111.3%	67.7%	95.4%	30.6%	56.1%
Aug '20	91.7%	97.7%	95%	72.6%	36.8%	55.9%
Jul '20	106.1%	106.1%	89.3%	66.7%	27.3%	76.7%
Jun '20	127.1%	116.3%	123%	106.3%	37.1%	61%
May '20	124.4%	116.6%	130.3%	57.9%	3.6%	34.2%
Apr '20	81.4%	51.4%	108.8%	54.9%	-15.9%	13.8%
Mar '20	15.8%	14.6%	53.7%	41.3%	-1.5%	6%
Feb '20	-2.3%	4.4%	5%	-6%	18.4%	6.8%
Jan '20	-1.9%	18.7%	2.1%	-5.6%	3.8%	7%

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2020 to May 2023

Supplementary notes

"All retailing" sector excludes automotive fuel.

Figures are percentage change compared to the same month the previous year.

Values have been seasonally adjusted

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