Record proportions of food and clothing sales took place online in September,compared to the same month last year, the latest official figures suggest. Some 5.8% of all food sales took place online, as did 18.2% of clothing sales, according to the Office for National Statistics’ Retail Sales report for September. Overall, 17.8% of all retail sales took place online last month.
Textile, clothing and footwear stores reported a YOY 19.9% rise in online sales, and a month-on-month (MOM) rise of 5.3%, with 18.2% of sales in the sector taking place online.
ONS head of retail sales Rhian Murphy said: “Retail continued to grow in the three months to September with jewellery shops and online stores seeing particularly strong sales. This was despite a stark slowdown in food sales in September following a bumper summer.”
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