Scottish retail sales crawl to 0.5 per cent growth in Q1
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Retail sales in Scotland grew by a meagre 0.5 per cent compared to the previous quarter, according to new statistics released by Scotland’s Chief Statistician.
The Retail Sales Index for Scotland is a measure of the sales by retailers in Scotland.
Over the year since 2017 Quarter 1, the quantity of retail sales has increased by 1.5 per cent.
Over the same period, the value of retail sales (not adjusted for inflation) increased by 3.6 per cent, and average store prices measured by the retail sales implied deflator have increased by 2.1 per cent.
The equivalent figures for retail sales quantities in Great Britain as a whole, produced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), are a fall of 0.5 per cent in the latest quarter, and an increase of 1.4 per cent over the year since 2017 Quarter 1.
Results are given for sales quantities (or volumes) which have been adjusted for inflation, and sales values which are not adjusted for inflation.
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