SINGAPORE \u2014 Retail sales in Singapore rose 2.7% year on year in December 2025, moderating from a 6.2% increase in November, data released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Feb. 5 showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 1.7% in December, following a 5.7% expansion in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The estimated total retail sales value in December was S$4.8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than half of industries within the retail trade sector recorded higher sales from a year earlier in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recreational goods registered the strongest year-on-year growth at 13.4%, while the computer and telecommunications equipment segment rose 12.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not all categories reported growth. Petrol service stations posted a 9.1% year-on-year fall in sales in December, while retailers of food and alcohol recorded a 7.1% decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online retail sales accounted for an estimated 14.8% of total retail sales in December, down from 17% in November, a month that included major online shopping campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales totalled about S$4.1 billion, with online transactions making up 17% of the total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online sales remained most prominent in the computer and telecommunications equipment segment, where they accounted for 56.5% of total sales. They made up 33.4% of sales for furniture and household equipment, and 11.7% for supermarkets and hypermarkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DBS economist Chua Han Teng said retail sales performed better in the second half of 2025, rising 4.3% year on year, compared with 1.1% growth in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He attributed the stronger performance in the second half to healthy labour market conditions and supportive fiscal transfers, including SG60 and CDC vouchers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SINGAPORE \u2014 Retail sales in Singapore rose 2.7% year on year in December 2025, moderating from a 6.2% increase in November, data released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Feb. 5 showed. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 1.7% in December, following a 5.7% expansion in November. The estimated total retail sales value in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n