In October 2017, the retail trade decreased by 2.1% compared with October 2016, all store types showed decline as food retailing was down 1.7% and non-food retailing was down 2.4%.

Estimates of the value of retail sales fell month-on-month also: -1.0% compared with September 2017.

The underlying pattern, as measured by the 3 month on 3 month estimate, showed a contraction in October 2017, where the value of sales decreased by 0.1% and the volume of sales was down 0.2%.

The volume of retail trade dropped by 2.9% compared with October 2016 and decreased by 1.1% compared with September 2017.