Business, industry and trade The underlying pattern in the retail industry in November 2017, as suggested by the three-month on three-month measure remains one of growth, with the quantity bought increasing by 0.8%.
When compared with October 2017, the quantity bought in November 2017 increased by 1.1%, with household goods stores showing strong growth at 2.9%.
Retailers' feedback suggests that "Black Friday" events contributed to the monthly increase in household goods stores, with electrical household appliances making the largest contribution to the growth.
The year-on-year growth rate shows the quantity bought increased by 1.6%.
Total average store prices increased by 3.1% in November 2017 when compared with the same period last year, with price increases across all store types, in particular food stores had the largest price increase of 3.6% since September 2013. The value of UK manufacturers' product sales was £364.7 billion in 2016, a 1.8% increase on the 2015 total of £358.1 billion; this rise in sales is a reverse of the fall seen in 2015 and continues the trend since 2009.
The value of UK manufacturers' product sales of £364.7 billion in 2016 presents a mixed picture with half the divisions increasing and half decreasing; manufacturing of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers experienced the largest increase between 2015 and 2016 of £6.2 billion (12.8%).
Increases in manufacturers' sales were also reported by divisions such as basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (£1.7 billion or 15.5%), furniture (£512 million or 7.6%), chemicals (£503 million or 2.5%) and other transport equipment (£500 million or 1.8%).
The manufacturing of machinery and equipment saw the largest decline between 2015 and 2016, decreasing by £905 million (3.7%) to £23.9 billion.
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