ROMA (ITALPRESS) – In September 2026, compared to the previous month, retail sales are slightly increased in value (+0.1%) and stationary in volume. Istat detects it. Sales of food do not record changes in value and decrease in volume (-0.3%) while those of non-food goods grow in value and volume (respectively +0.3% and +0.1%). In the third quarter of 2026, in conjunctural terms, retail sales see a decline in value (-0.3%) and in volume (-0.5%). The decrease concerns both sales of food (-0.3% in value and -0.5% in volume) and those of non-food goods (-0.2% in value and -0.6% in volume).
In September 2026, retail sales recorded an increase of 1.6% in value and a decrease of 0.1% in volume. Food sales increase in value (+1.7%) and decrease in volume (-0.1%) as well as non-food goods (respectively +1.5% and -0.2%). With regard to non-food goods, positive tendential variations are recorded in value for almost all groups of products except clothing and furskins (-0.6%). The biggest increase concerns IT, telecommunications, telephony equipment (+5.7%). Compared to September 2025, retail sales are increasing in value for all distribution forms, but above all for online trade (+8.5%), which also recorded a significant increase in volume (+7.1%).
“In September 2026, retail sales do not record significant changes in value and volume; only non-food sales are in low growth – Istat notes. On a tendential basis, an increase in value for both the food and non-food sectors is evident, while volumes are decreasing. All sales channels highlight a positive trend in value, with a more significant result for online sales, which also see an increase in volume. In the first nine months of the year, there is a tendential increase in retail sales more supported in value (+1.9%) compared to volume (+0.4%)”.
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