• UK online retail: month-on-month growth by sector 2022

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The most dramatic changes in online retail sales took place, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis hit the United Kingdom (UK) between 2020 and 2021. As the COVID-19 containment measures eased, online sales across all sectors started to decrease. In March 2022, online retail sales decreased by six percent compared to the previous month.

Month-on-month growth in online retail sales in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2021 to March 2022, by sector

Characteristic	All retailing	All food	All non-food	Department stores	Textile, clothing and footwear stores	Household goods stores	Other stores	Non-store retailing
Jan '21	10.4%	8.6%	10.4%	-13.2%	-4.3%	38.3%	29.1%	11.1%
Feb '21	5.4%	-2.2%	11.4%	17.5%	15.1%	17.9%	-0.3%	3.2%
Mar '21	-0.9%	-1.4%	-1%	-1.1%	2%	-4.9%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Apr '21	-6%	-5.8%	-9.4%	-16.4%	-4.1%	-12%	-7.4%	-3.1%
May '21	-5.3%	-3.4%	-8.8%	-4.5%	-9.4%	-7.6%	-12%	-2.9%
Jun '21	-1.4%	1.3%	-4.4%	-4.3%	3.5%	-7%	-10.6%	0.1%
Jul '21	-1.5%	0.4%	-3.9%	-3.4%	0.4%	-9.3%	-4.8%	-0.3%
Aug '21	1.6%	-0.9%	1.1%	-1.5%	1.7%	-1.8%	5%	2.7%
Sep '21	0.6%	-0.9%	-0.9%	3.7%	-1.4%	-4.7%	-0.5%	2.1%
Oct '21	-0.5%	-2.3%	0%	-1.3%	0.8%	-3.1%	2.2%	-0.4%
Nov '21	-1.3%	-3.3%	-1.7%	-1.6%	-3.4%	1.4%	-2%	-0.4%
Dec '21	-0.3%	10.8%	-0.6%	-9.8%	-0.4%	-1.7%	6.8%	-3.2%
Jan '22	-1.9%	-16.2%	-3.3%	-0.2%	-5.7%	-3.8%	-2.3%	3.5%
Feb '22	-2%	-1.9%	-0.7%	-0.5%	1.2%	-2.6%	-1.5%	-2.9%
Mar '22	-6%	1.7%	-2.2%	-2.5%	1%	4%	-9.6%	-10.4%

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Release date

April 2022

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

January 2021 to March 2022

Supplementary notes

Values are seasonally adjusted and at current prices.

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