Flooring sales achieved the third best June performance in history last month.
Retail sales in England, Scotland and Wales jumped by 21.96% compared with June 2021, reaching £253.44m.
According to Office for National Statistics data, June was the tenth best month of 438 months since comparable records began in January 1986. Only in 13 of those months have sales topped £250m.
It was the best June since 2007 (£256.88m) and 1997 (£261.44m).
Compared with May 2022, sales were 15.9% higher; on June 2020 sales were 140.1% higher and 80.6% higher than June 2019.
March 2008 remains the best performing month, with sales of £290.4m, ahead of March 2022 (£289.79m).
