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Pretoria - Measured in real terms - that is constant 2012 prices - retail trade sales increased by 3.3% year-on-year in July 2015, Statistics SA said on Wednesday.
The highest annual growth rates were recorded for retailers in hardware, paint and glass (6.3%), all "other" retailers (4.3%), retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3.9%) and retailers in pharmaceuticals and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (3.5%).
The main contributors to the 3.3% increase were general dealers (contributing 1.1 percentage points) and retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (contributing 0.8 of a percentage point).
Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 0.1% month-on-month in July 2015. This followed month-on-month changes of 0.4% in June 2015 and -0.3% in May 2015.
Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales remained unchanged in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the previous three months.
Retail trade sales increased by 3% in the three months ended July 2015 compared with the three months ended July 2014. The main contributors to this increase were general dealers (2.9% and contributing 1.1 percentage points), retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (3.7% and contributing 0.7 of a percentage point) and retailers in hardware, paint and glass (4.6% and contributing 0.4 of a percentage point).
