According to the Office of National Statistics’ first estimate of November’s retail sales, the furniture and lighting sector in England, Wales and Scotland saw sales rise 0.88% compared with October. This compared with a monthly fall of 5.99% in October.
Average weekly sales were £325,755,000.
Compared with November 2020, sales were up 7.77% and compared with November 2019, sales were 3.15% higher.
To put the monthly performance into perspective, November was the fourth best month (of 431) since January 1986. Since January 1986 average weekly sales have averaged £198,115,000.
For the year to date (January to November), furniture and lighting sales were 17.73% higher than 2020 and 0.29% higher than 2019.
The latest figures are subject to revision by ONS.
