Italy’s retail sales grew by 2.3% year-on-year in January 2026, following a revised 1.1% increase in December. This was the fastest pace of growth since April 2025, driven by higher sales of food (3.9% vs 2.0% in December) and non-food products (1.2% vs 0.4%). Among non-food items, sales went up for almost all product groups, notably in IT, telecommunications, and telephone equipment (3.9%), while the largest drop was seen in footwear, leather goods, and travel goods (-2.2%). The value of retail sales rose sharply for large-scale distribution (4.1%) and e-commerce (4.6%), while it grew modestly for small retail outlets (0.2%) and dropped for out-of-store trade (-1.7%). source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Retail Sales in Italy increased 2.30 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Italy averaged 5.82 percent from 1972 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 90.20 percent in December of 1973 and a record low of -40.90 percent in June of 1986. This page provides - Italy Retail Sales YoY - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Italy Retail Sales YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.
Retail Sales in Italy increased 2.30 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Italy is expected to be 1.20 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Italy Retail Sales YoY is projected to trend around 1.70 percent in 2027 and 1.90 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.