Retail sales in Ireland slumped 12.8 percent from a month earlier in November of 2020, following an upwardly revised 0.9 percent drop in October. It was the biggest monthly fall in retail trade since April, mainly due to lower sales in bars (-63.9 percent), clothing, footwear & textiles (-50.9 percent), furniture & lighting (-47.4 percent), department stores (-31.7 percent), motor trades (-15.9 percent), books, newspapers & stationery (-9.6 percent), non-specialised stores including supermarkets (-4.0 percent), hardware, paints & glass (-3.3 percent), food, beverages & tobacco (-1.5 percent). Retail sales in November were 3.8 percent lower than in February 2020 before the crisis started. source: Central Statistics Office Ireland
Retail Sales MoM in Ireland averaged 0.26 percent from 2000 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 38.80 percent in June of 2020 and a record low of -35.80 percent in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Ireland Retail Sales MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Ireland Retail Sales MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2021.
Retail Sales MoM in Ireland is expected to be 0.60 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Retail Sales MoM in Ireland to stand at 0.70 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Ireland Retail Sales MoM is projected to trend around 0.70 percent in 2022 and 0.50 percent in 2023, according to our econometric models.