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UK Retail Sales

UK Retail Sales 21 November 2025

UK Retail Sales 21 November 2025: -1.1% for October 2025, below the 0% forecast and against 0.7% in September 2025 (first reported as 0.5%). It is the lowest reading since May 2025. 5 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 21 Nov 2025 at 07:00 UTC.

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: Office for National Statistics. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
-1.1%
October 2025
Forecast
0%
The market consensus
Previous
0.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A reading below forecast would usually weigh on sterling as a sign of weaker consumer demand. The downside is more likely to persist if other UK activity indicators are also soft.

UK Retail Sales 21 November 2025: -1.1% for October 2025 against a 0% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
21 Nov 2025Oct-1.1%0%0.7%
24 Oct 2025Sep0.5%-0.2%0.6%
19 Sep 2025Aug0.5%0.3%0.5%
5 Sep 2025Jul0.6%0.2%0.3%
25 Jul 2025Jun0.9%1.2%-2.8%
20 Jun 2025May-2.7%-0.5%1.3%
23 May 2025Apr1.2%0.2%0.1%
25 Apr 2025Mar0.4%-0.4%0.7%
28 Mar 2025Feb1%-0.3%1.4%
21 Feb 2025Jan1.7%0.3%-0.6%
17 Jan 2025Dec-0.3%0.4%0.1%
20 Dec 2024Nov0.2%0.5%-0.7%
The release before:UK Retail Sales 24 October 2025The release after:UK Retail Sales 20 February 2026UK Retail Sales: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar