July 2018 UK retail sales data 16 August 2018
- Prior -0.5%
- 3.5% vs 3.0% exp y/y. Prior 2.9%
- Ex-fuel 0.9% vs 0.1% exp m/m. Prior -0.6%
- 3.7% vs 2.8% exp y/y. Prior 3.0%
Sales in food were strong due to the weather and world cup.
ONS Notes:
- Food sales continued to benefit from warmer weather and World Cup
- Non-store retailing showed strong growth encouraged by online promotions
- Online spending and department store sales continued to grow reaching record proportions
- Non-food stores record a reduction in footfall from the prior month
GBPUSD reverses the pre-data drop to 1.2698 to print up to 1.2725. Good numbers but nothing game changing and we should perhaps expect a retrace in sales next month, now the weather and world cup is stripped out.
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