Great Britain: online retail month-on-month change by sector 2023

In November 2023, online retail sales saw a slight increase in Great Britain. Compared to the previous month, online sales grew by 1.5 percent, with a significant difference among retail segments. While household goods stores' sales declined by 0.5 percent, department stores had a month-on-month increase of 1.2 percent.

Month-on-month percentage change in online retail sales in Great Britain from January 2021 to November 2023, by sector

Characteristic	All retailing	All food	Department stores	Textile, clothing and footwear stores	Household goods stores	Other stores	Non-store retailing
Jan '21	9.8%	10.6%	-10.9%	-4.2%	35.8%	19%	11.1%
Feb '21	5.7%	-2.9%	18%	18.1%	17.2%	0.6%	3.2%
Mar '21	-1.9%	-2.3%	1.9%	-0.5%	-3.8%	-1.1%	-2.5%
Apr '21	-7.4%	-7.1%	-27.1%	-6.8%	-11.6%	-8.2%	-2.8%
May '21	-4.2%	-1.5%	-1.2%	-7.9%	-7.1%	-13.1%	-1.9%
Jun '21	-1%	1.8%	-8%	3.8%	-7.4%	-6.9%	0.6%
Jul '21	-1.7%	-0.4%	9.3%	-1.1%	-6.3%	-2.7%	-2.7%
Aug '21	2.3%	-1.4%	-7.1%	2.4%	-1%	5.4%	4.8%
Sep '21	0.6%	-0.4%	-0.8%	-1.5%	-1.3%	0.5%	1.9%
Oct '21	-0.4%	-2.2%	1.7%	3.5%	0.2%	1.8%	-1.6%
Nov '21	-2.2%	-3.8%	-3.6%	-2.8%	-5.8%	-5.1%	-0.3%
Dec '21	2.3%	10.4%	-1%	-1%	6.7%	1%	0.8%
Jan '22	-2.2%	-13.1%	0.5%	-4.8%	-10.1%	9.9%	0.2%
Feb '22	-1.3%	-2.1%	0.8%	3.4%	-0.6%	-1%	-2.5%
Mar '22	-6.4%	0.8%	-0.6%	-2.4%	3.1%	-7.8%	-10.9%
Apr '22	4%	0%	-0.7%	3.4%	5.6%	-2.9%	7.3%
May '22	-1.9%	-0.3%	-5.4%	-0.7%	-0.2%	2.2%	-3.2%
Jun '22	-0.9%	1.3%	4.2%	-0.9%	-1.5%	-0.3%	-2.3%
Jul '22	0.8%	1.4%	3.7%	2%	1.1%	-2.9%	0.6%
Aug '22	-0.3%	-0.8%	1.5%	-1.9%	-5%	6%	-0.4%
Sep '22	1.1%	-0.2%	-0.3%	3.1%	-2.4%	1.6%	1.7%
Oct '22	0.6%	5.3%	-0.4%	-2.3%	-1.1%	0.5%	0.4%
Nov '22	-1%	1.4%	0.9%	0.8%	3.6%	-7.5%	-1.6%
Dec '22	-1.6%	-2%	-1.5%	-1%	22.7%	-6.5%	-4.5%
Jan '23	0.3%	-3%	-0.9%	6.1%	-18%	1.1%	3.7%
Feb '23	3.3%	0.9%	0.8%	-1.6%	4.7%	5.2%	5.1%
Mar '23	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%	3.7%	4.4%	-1%	-1.1%
Apr '23	2.2%	4%	-1.6%	2.9%	0.3%	2.7%	2.3%
May '23	2.6%	3.7%	1%	9.3%	2.9%	1%	1.1%
Jun '23	-0.5%	-1.4%	1.5%	-4.6%	3.5%	2%	-0.4%
Jul '23	2.8%	0.3%	-4.7%	0.7%	-1.5%	6.6%	5%
Aug '23	-0.3%	2.3%	2.5%	0.2%	1.3%	-4.1%	-1%
Sep '23	-1.6%	0.6%	2.6%	-3.4%	-1.1%	-5%	-1.7%
Oct '23	-1.2%	-1.6%	0.1%	-2%	-3.2%	-4%	-0.2%
Nov '23	1.5%	-0.7%	1.2%	-0.1%	-0.5%	18.5%	-0.2%