Christmas retail: sales growth of food and non-food items in the UK 2016-2019
This statistic shows the percentage growth in retail sales of food and non-food items during the 4th quarter of 2016, as well as the expected growth during the 4th quarter of 2019. Forecasts suggest that total retail sales will increase by one percent in the 4th quarter of 2019, compared to previous year's 1.3 percent.. Food and grocery sales are expected to see an increase of 1.5 percent in 2019, which is higher than the forecast non-food retail growth, at 0.6 percent.