Furniture retail sales increased during November on last month as well as rising against an annual comparison.

According to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics, furniture and lighting retail sales rose 8% to £1.42bn from £1.31bn in October. Compared to the previous year, sales were up 8% from £1.31bn.

Floorcovering retail sales decreased month-on-month, down by 1.6% to £245.5m from £249.6m. Compared to the same time last year, sales fell by 11.6% from £278m.

Retail sales volumes (quantity bought) are estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in November 2025, following a fall of 0.9% in October 2025. As for the value (amount spent), this was up 11.7% month-on-month to £45.5bn.

Total sales volumes fell over the month to November 2025. Non-store retailers fell, with online jewellers reporting reduced demand following the price of precious metals stabilising.

Supermarket sales volumes fell for their fourth consecutive month, with retailers reporting low footfall. However, this was partly offset by a rise of 1.0% in non-food stores (the total of department, clothing, household, and other non-food stores).

Within household goods, furniture retailers’ sales volumes rose over the last five consecutive months.

Department stores’ sales volumes rose, which some retailers attributed to longer Black Friday discounting, while retailers of footwear and leather goods also did well.

The amount spent online saw online sales values rose by 0.7% over the month to November 2025, and by 8.3% when comparing November 2025 with November 2024. Total spend (the sum of in-store and online sales) rose by 0.1% over the month. As a result, the proportion of sales made online rose from 28.4% in October 2025 to 28.6% in November 2025.

Commenting on the retail sales figures up to November, ONS senior statistician Hannah Finselbach said: “Retail continued to grow in the three months to November, helped by a strong performance from clothing and tech shops.

“This year November’s Black Friday discounts did not boost sales as much as in some recent years, meaning that once we adjust for usual seasonality, our headline figures fell a little on the month.

“Meanwhile, our separate household survey showed that although some people said they were planning to do more shopping more this Black Friday than last, almost twice as many said they were planning to do less.”