• Prior +0.3%; revised to +0.1%
  • Retail sales -1.0% vs -1.5% y/y expected
  • Prior -2.1%; revised to -2.3%
  • Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) +0.8% vs +0.2% m/m expected
  • Prior +0.1%; revised to 0.0%
  • Retail sales (ex autos, fuel) -0.9% vs -1.6% y/y expected
  • Prior -1.7%; revised to -1.9%

There is a slight negative revision to the May readings but the June estimates are a considerable beat and that is helping to give the pound a brief lift (note how I say brief). Looking at the breakdown, food stores sales contributed 0.3% to retail sales growth on the month while non-food stores sales contributed 0.4%. Non-store retailing and fuel sales were flat on the month. Meanwhile, the divergence between retail sales volume and value continue to hold at a considerably large gap still:

UK retail sales