South Africa, April 17 -- Measured in real terms (constant 2019 prices), retail trade sales increased by 3,9% year-on-year in February 2025.

The largest positive contributors to this increase were:

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales decreased by 1,3% in February 2025 compared with January 2025. This followed month-on-month changes of 0,7% in January 2025 and 0,0% in December 2024.

Retail trade sales increased by 4,4% in the three months ended February 2025 compared with the three months ended February 2024. The largest positive contributors to this increase were:

Seasonally adjusted retail trade sales increased by 1,3% in the three months ended February 2025 compared with the previous three months. The largest contributor was reta...