The QoQ drop was a slowing in the speed of decline compared with the 0.6 per cent QoQ fall in the three months to July.
UK retail sales volume was estimated to have fallen by 0.1 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) and risen by 0.8 per cent YoY in the quarter to August.
Sales in non-store retailing and clothes shops rose.
Sales volumes rose by 0.5 per cent month on month (MoM) in August; it rose by 0.7 per cent YoY.
The quantity spent on-line rose by 2 per cent QoQ and three.4 per cent YoY in the quarter to August.
Sales volumes rose by 0.5 per cent month on month (MoM) in August 2025 following a 0.5-per cent MoM rise in July; it rose by 0.7 per cent YoY. Clothing shops and non-store retailing grew in August, which some retailers attributed to the great climate, am ONS launch mentioned.
August marked the third consecutive interval of month-to-month progress this 12 months, however volumes didn’t fairly return to their current March 2025 peak.
The quantity spent on-line rose by 2 per cent QoQ and three.4 per cent YoY in the quarter to August 2025. Online sales values rose by 0.4 per cent MoM and 4.7 per cent YoY in August.
Total spend—the sum of in-store and on-line sales—rose by 0.6 per cent MoM in the month. As a end result, the proportion of sales made on-line confirmed little change, falling from 27.7 per cent in July to 27.6 per cent in August 2025.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (DS)