Summer retail increase in July as ONS admits to previous data errors
Retail sales volumes were sluggish at the beginning of summer, with shoppers buying less food and drink and fewer household goods, but momentum returned in July.
The release of the July data was delayed as the ONS said that it had identified a problem with the seasonal adjustment it used for data collection in the early part of 2025, with critical moments such as adjustments for moving Easter and phase shift effects being wrong.
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