UK retail sales volumes fell sharply by -0.9% mom in September, much worse than expectation of -0.4% mom. Sale volumes excluding automotive fuel dropped -1.0% mom.
Looking at some details, non-food stores sales volumes fell -1.9% mom. Non-store retailing sales volumes fell -2.2% mom. Foot stores sales volumes rose rose 0.2% mom. Automotive fuel sales volumes rose by 0.8% mom.
Looking at the quarterly picture, sales volumes fell by -0.8% in the three months to September when compared with the previous three months. Ex-fuel sales volumes fell -1.0%.
In value term, retail sales value dropped -0.2% mom. Sales value excluding automotive fuel fell -0.4% mom.
