The value of consumer spending on furniture and lighting rose by 8.78% in January compared with a year earlier.
Shoppers in England, Wales and Scotland spent £1,352,595,000: the 22nd highest of the 445 months since January 1986, when ONS began recording comparable data.
Compared with December 2022’s record-breaking months sales dropped by 22%.
Sales were 55.5% higher than January 2021, 5.2% lower than January 2020 and 21% higher than January 2019.
The figures are not seasonally adjusted, do not take inflation into account and are subject to revision.
