Italy's retail trade dropped 0.4 percent from a month earlier in April 2021, after being unchanged in March, as non-food sales fell for a second straight month (-1.5 percent vs -1.6 percent). At the same time, food trade growth slowed sharply to 1.0 percent from 1.9 percent. On a yearly basis, retail sales jumped 30.4 percent in April, the most since 1984 due to the low base effect and the gradual re-opening of the economy. source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)

Retail Sales MoM in Italy averaged 0.07 percent from 1996 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 23.30 percent in May of 2020 and a record low of -21 percent in March of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Italy Retail Sales MoM - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Italy Retail Sales MoM - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2021.

Retail Sales MoM in Italy is expected to be 0.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Retail Sales MoM in Italy to stand at 0.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Italy Retail Sales MoM is projected to trend around 0.50 percent in 2022 and 0.40 percent in 2023, according to our econometric models.

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Italy Retail Sales MoM

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
-0.40 0.00 23.30 -21.00 1996 - 2021 percent Monthly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2021-03-05 09:00 AM Jan -3% 2.4% -3.2%
2021-04-09 08:00 AM Feb 6.6% -2.7% 2.6%
2021-05-07 08:00 AM Mar -0.1% 5.9% 0.1%
2021-06-08 08:00 AM Apr -0.4% 0.0% 0.8%
2021-07-07 08:00 AM May -0.4% 1%
2021-08-04 08:00 AM Jun
2021-09-08 08:00 AM Jul
2021-10-07 08:00 AM Aug
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Italy Retail Sales Fall Slightly in April
Italy's retail trade dropped 0.4 percent from a month earlier in April 2021, after being unchanged in March, as non-food sales fell for a second straight month (-1.5 percent vs -1.6 percent). At the same time, food trade growth slowed sharply to 1.0 percent from 1.9 percent. On a yearly basis, retail sales jumped 30.4 percent in April, the most since 1984 due to the low base effect and the gradual re-opening of the economy.
2021-06-08
Italy Retail Sales Edge Down in March
Retail sales in Italy edged down 0.1 percent from a month earlier in March of 2021, after a downwardly revised 5.9 percent rise in February. Non-food sales fell 1.6 percent, after jumping by 13.5 percent in the previous month; while food sales went up 1.9 percent, recovering from a 2.4 percent drop. In unadjusted year-on-year terms, retail trade soared 22.9 percent, after decreasing for four months in a row and compared to a 5.7 percent drop in February. It was the biggest annual gain in retail sales since December of 1984 as March 2020 was the first period of national lockdown due to pandemic.
2021-05-07
Italy Retail Sales Rebound Sharply in February
Retail sales in Italy jumped 6.6 percent from a month earlier in February of 2021, rebounding from a downwardly revised 2.7 percent drop in January. It was the biggest monthly gain in retail trade since August 2020, as coronavirus restrictions were relaxed at the beginning of the month. Non-food sales soared 14.8 percent, the most since June 2020 and compared to a 5.2 percent fall in the prior month. On the other hand, food sales declined 2.4 percent, after showing no growth. In unadjusted year-on-year terms, retail trade fell 5.7 percent, easing from a 6.7 percent decline in January. Still, most of the country’s regions, including Rome and Milan, reimposed measures from mid-March to curb a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, with all non-essential shops closed, which will likely push retail sales down again.
2021-04-09
Italy Retail Sales Drop 3% MoM in January
Retail sales in Italy fell 3 percent from a month earlier in January of 2021, after a downwardly revised 2.4 percent increase in December. Non-food sales tumbled 5.8 percent, reversing a 4.6 percent advance in the prior month and food trade growth slowed to 0.1 percent from 0.2 percent. In unadjusted year-on-year terms, retail trade declined 6.8 percent, the third consecutive month of falls and following an upwardly revised 3.2 percent drop in December.
2021-03-05

Italy Retail Sales MoM
In Italy, the Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a specific time period. In Italy, Retail sales are seasonal, volatile and relatively important to the overall economy.