Singapore retail sales up 6.3% in November

[SINGAPORE] The Republic’s retail sales grew 6.3 per cent year on year last November, extending the downwardly revised 4.4 per cent growth recorded in October, data from the Singapore Department of Statistics showed on Monday (Jan 5).

Most retail sectors recorded year-on-year growth in sales in November 2025. The increase was led by recreational goods; watches and jewellery, as well as cosmetics, toiletries and medical Goods.

November’s performance surpassed the expectations of private-sector economists, who had forecasted a median 4.9 per cent growth in a Bloomberg poll.

Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 5.8 per cent, accelerating from October’s 3.7 per cent expansion.

On a seasonally adjusted, month-on-month basis, retail sales stayed flat in November, compared with a 2.3 per cent growth in the previous month.

Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 0.8 per cent on the month, against October’s upwardly revised 3 per cent expansion.

Retail sales growth

Year on year: 6.3 per cent

Year on year, excluding motor vehicles: 5.8 per cent

Month on month, seasonally adjusted: 0 per cent

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Month on month, seasonally adjusted, excluding motor vehicles: 0.8 per cent

Total retail sales value: S$4.4 billion

Year on year, sales grew in 11 of the 14 categories:

• Department stores: 2.1 per cent
• Supermarkets and hypermarkets: 6.8 per cent
• Mini-marts and convenience stores: 9.2 per cent
• Motor vehicles: 10.4 per cent
• Cosmetics, toiletries and medical goods: 11.4 per cent
• Wearing apparel and footwear: 6.1 per cent
• Furniture and household equipment: 9.4 per cent
• Recreational goods: 13.9 per cent
• Watches and jewellery: 13.1 per cent
• Computer and telecommunications equipment: 7.7 per cent
• Optical goods and books: 3.5 per cent

These categories posted a decline:

• Food and alcohol: -3.1 per cent
• Petrol service stations: -6.7 per cent
• Others: -10.1 per cent

Food and beverage services growth

Year on year: 2.5 per cent

Month on month, seasonally adjusted: -0.8 per cent

• Restaurants: -0.4 per cent
• Fast-food outlets: 7 per cent
• Food caterers: 7 per cent
• Cafes, food courts and other eating places: 2 per cent