Italy’s retail sales rose by 0.9% year-on-year in December 2025, easing from a 1.3% gain in each of the previous two months, largely due to a slowdown in non-food sales (0.3% vs 1.4% in November), while food sales picked up (1.7% vs 1.3%). Among non-food items, the largest gains were seen in pharmaceuticals (4.6%) and perfumery and personal care (3.8%), while the sharpest declines were recorded in household tools and hardware (-3.4%) and footwear, leather goods and travel goods (-3.3%). The value of retail sales increased across all distribution channels: large-scale distribution (0.6%), small retail outlets (0.8%), out-of-store sales (0.8%), and e-commerce (3.1%). source: National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
Retail Sales in Italy increased 0.90 percent in December of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Retail Sales YoY in Italy averaged 5.83 percent from 1972 until 2025, 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 February of 2026.
Retail Sales in Italy increased 0.90 percent in December of 2025 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, according to our econometric models.