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4.4%

4.4% -- retail sales growth rate for UK retail sector (2012-01)

Name: Retail Sales Growth Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-17

2012-01 · Office for National Statistics

The value of UK retail sales in January 2012 increased by 4.4% compared to January 2011.

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Value

4.4%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2012-01

Entity

UK retail sector

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Extraction

Source Trust

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Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Office for National Statistics Primary Tier A

http://www.franchisedirect.co.uk/retailfranchises/207 ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2012-01 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Retail Franchise Opportunities

Original Research

Office for National Statistics · Original study ↗

Methodology

Office for National Statistics; sales volumes also increased 2.0% YoY

Methodology documented

Trend Over Time

Period	Value	Change
2012-01 (current)	4.4%
2017-01	0.1%	-97.7%
2020-02	0.1%	0%
2020-11	7.6%	+7500.0%

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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UK retail sector: 4.4% retail sales growth rate. Source: Office for National Statistics (2012-01). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-retail-sales-jan-2012-yoy

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