Online retail sales value growth (quarterly)
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3%
United Kingdom · Q2 2026
Online retail sales value growth in United Kingdom (quarterly) came in at 3% in Q2 2026 (ONS).
- Publisher
- ONS
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Online sales rose over the three months to July 2026 across most sectors, but fell over the month across all
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The amount spent online, known as “online spending values”, rose by 3.0% in the three months to July 2026 compared with the three months to April 2026.
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- APA
- Office for National Statistics. (2026). Retail sales, Great Britain. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQQ
- MLA
- Office for National Statistics. "Retail sales, Great Britain." 2026, https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQQ.
- Chicago
- Office for National Statistics. "Retail sales, Great Britain." 2026. https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQQ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{ons2026onlinecs3bqq, author = {{Office for National Statistics}}, title = {Retail sales, Great Britain}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQQ}, note = {Original source: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/retailindustry/bulletins/retailsales/july2026. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Office for National Statistics · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Retail sales, Great Britain
- Type
- Press release
- Published
- —
- Locator
- Online sales rose over the three months to July 2026 across most sectors, but fell over the month across all
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC54ZQ6X7RPPHCS3BQQ