​​The Retail Sales Survey was launched in April 2007 and collects information on the performance of the Island's retail sector on a quarterly basis. It provides an early short term measure of economic activity in Jersey.

The Retails Sales Survey for Quarter 3 (Q3) 2011 shows that:

• the seasonally adjusted total volume of retail sales in Jersey was 5% lower than in the corresponding quarter of 2010
• the fall in total volume recorded in Q3 2011 represents the first decline on an annual basis for more than a year
• the total volume of retail sales was at a similar level to that seen more than four years previously, in early 2007
• predominantly food stores recorded the first fall in volume on an annual basis for almost three years
• predominantly non-food stores recorded the first annual fall in volume for more than a year; the volume in such stores was at a level similar to that seen four years previously

Download Retail Sales Report Quarter 3 2011 (size 160kb)