Press release
Retail trade - September 2026
In September 2026, seasonally adjusted retail sales slightly increased by 0.1% in value and stayed unchanged in volume compared with August 2026.
In the 3rd quarter of 2026, retail sales fell by 0.3% in value and by 0.5% in volume compared with the previous three-month period.
On a year-on-year basis, retail sales in September 2026 rose by 1.6% in value, while falling by 0,1% in volume.
Compared with September 2025, retail sales increased in value across all distribution channels, most notably for e-commerce (+8.5%), which also recorded the only increase in volume (+7.1%).
As for non-food products, year-on-year changes are positive for almost all product groups, apart from Clothing (-0.6%), while the largest increase was observed in Computers and telecommunications equipment (+5.7%).