Retail sales, Great Britain: September 2025 | Metals Mine

  • Retail sales, Great Britain: September 2025

    From ons.gov.uk

    The quantity of goods bought (volume) in retail sales is estimated to have risen by 0.9% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025 when compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2025. Good weather in July and August helped clothing sales in Quarter 3, while non-store retailers showed sustained monthly rises over both quarters. Retail sales volumes are estimated to have risen by 0.5% in September 2025, following an increase of 0.6% in August 2025 (revised up from a 0.5% rise in our previous bulletin). Computer and telecommunications retailers’ sales volumes grew strongly alongside continued growth among non-store retailers, ... (full story)

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DaJoWaBa
Oct 24, 2025 7:14am
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Quoting Trader#2CCC
{quote} Wait a minute. Wasn't there a big jewellery heist in France not long ago? The UK now has unexpected spikes in online jewellery sales. Just call me Holmes. Sherlock or John will be fine. I may or may not be affiliated with the aforementioned illicit drug and prostitution racketeering.
, Holmes. Diwali happens in the UK too.
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Nardomania
Oct 24, 2025 3:47am
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Quoting Trader#80F7
Fake data GBP should be like this
The increase was driven by non-food stores (especially tech/telecom) and online jewellery/gold purchases. It’s the Gold hype before the “big” correction this week and of course a lot of new iPhone 17 buys
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Trader#2CCC
Oct 24, 2025 5:18am
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Quoting Nardomania
...online jewellery/gold purchases...
Wait a minute. Wasn't there a big jewellery heist in France not long ago? The UK now has unexpected spikes in online jewellery sales. Just call me Holmes. Sherlock or John will be fine. I may or may not be affiliated with the aforementioned illicit drug and prostitution racketeering.
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Trader#80F7
Oct 24, 2025 1:34am
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Fake data GBP should be like this
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Trader#A306
Oct 24, 2025 1:46am
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U.K. macroecon statistics includes data from prostitution services and drug sales. They contribute A LOT to the positive numbers crunched in the reports.
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Trader#34C2
Oct 24, 2025 2:02am
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Quoting Trader#80F7
Fake data GBP should be like this
idiot, should be vs what it is, live with it or keep losing money
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Trader#7D00
Oct 24, 2025 6:38am
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gold also up
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