This statistic presents the percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022. Over the time period observed, the biggest decline in like-for-like high street sales was seen in early 2020, when lockdown measures against the spread of the coronavirus hit the UK. Since the easing of restrictions around April 2021, high street sales on a like-for-like basis saw major improvements, jumping up by over 600 percent when compared to the previous year, when many countries worldwide had introduced strict lockdown measures. Most recently, in March 2022, like-for-like sales grew by 70 percent in UK high streets.
Percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022
Characteristic
Like-for-like sales growth compared to the same period in previous year
* The sectors covered by the retailers are: fashion (accessories, clothing and footwear); lifestyle (general household goods, gifts, health and beauty, leisure goods); and homewares (cookware, furniture and floor coverings, lighting, linen and textiles).
Sales in non-stores (mail order, online and other non-store channels) are not included.
Monthly sale figures are compared to a base of the same month the previous year.
Figures for months prior to 2020 were taken previous monthly reports by the source.
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BDO. (April 8, 2022). Percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 24, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/860047/high-street-like-for-like-sales-growth-united-kingdom-uk/
BDO. "Percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022." Chart. April 8, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860047/high-street-like-for-like-sales-growth-united-kingdom-uk/
BDO. (2022). Percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 24, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860047/high-street-like-for-like-sales-growth-united-kingdom-uk/
BDO. "Percentage Growth in Like-for-like Sales in High Street Stores in The United Kingdom (Uk) from January 2017 to March 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860047/high-street-like-for-like-sales-growth-united-kingdom-uk/
BDO, Percentage growth in like-for-like sales in high street stores in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2017 to March 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860047/high-street-like-for-like-sales-growth-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited May 24, 2022)