March saw second best month for retail furniture sales
March saw the highest value of retail sales of furniture and lighting in the past five years.
Sales in England, Wales and Scotland totaled £1,675,690,000 according to the Office for National Statistics’ first estimate.
This was a 31.5% increase on February and a 4.39% increase on March 2022.
Sales were 52.9% higher than March 2021, 65.88% higher than March 2000 and 22.38% higher than March 2019.
Of the 447 months since comparable records began in January 1986, March was the second highest and just £43.648m below the record month of December 2022.
The figures are not seasonally adjusted, do not allow for inflation and are subject to revision.
