ONS - August 21 2020
- Prior +13.9%
- Retail sales 1.4% vs 0.2% y/y expected
- Prior -1.6%
- Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) 2.0% vs +0.2% m/m expected
- Prior +13.5%; revised to +13.4%
- Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) +3.1 % vs +1.5% y/y expected
- Prior +1.7
The pent up demand from lockdown is still showing itself in the data, The ONS report that online sales are 50.4% higher than February's pre-pandemic levels. The path to digitalisation accelerated by the pandemic.
