Flooring sales picked up in January after December’s seasonal dip, but were below January 2022.
Shoppers in England, Wales and Scotland spent £225,171,000 in January, a rise of 11.2% on December 2022 but a drop of 2.6% on January 2022.
Sales were 547% higher than January 2021, 95.9% higher than January 2020 and 110.6% higher than January 2019.
Of the 445 months since January 1986, when ONS began recording comparable data, January 2023 ranked as the 49th highest.
The figures are not seasonally adjusted, do not take inflation into account and are subject to revision.
