The value of furniture and lighting sales dropped by 6% in February.
The value of sales in England, Scotland and Wales, dropped to £1,151,194,000 in February 2023, a fall of 6.11%.
Sales were £64.4m lower than January 2024, a drop of 5.3%, according to ONS data.
Of the 458 months since comparable records began in January 1986, February 2024 was the 74th best performing month.
The figures are non-seasonally adjusted, do not take inflation into account and are subject to revision.
