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The volume of Irish retail sales (i.e. excluding price effects)
increased by 1.0% in June 2010 when compared with June 2009 and there was a
monthly decrease of 0.2%. If Motor Trades are excluded the volume of retail
sales decreased by 1.3% in June 2010 when compared with June 2009 and the
monthly change was -0.5%.
The Central Statistics office said a number of sectors showed
year on year increases in June 2010, with the most significant being: 1) Motor
Trades up 13.9% 2) Non Specialised stores up 1.4% 3) Clothing, Footwear
and Textiles up 2.6%.
The value of retail sales decreased by 2.8% in June 2010 when
compared with June 2009 and there was a month-on-month change of -0.7%. However,
if Motor Trades are excluded, there was an annual decrease of 4.8% in the value
of retail sales and the month-on-month change was -1.1%. Provisional estimates
are now available for the second quarter of 2010. These figures show the volume
of retail sales increased 3.3% year on year in the second quarter of 2010 and
there was a quarterly increase of 6.9%.
If Motor Trades are excluded the volume of retail sales
decreased by 0.2% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2010 and there was a
quarterly increase of 1.1%.
