# Italy Retail Sales

Italy Retail Sales was up 0.2% year on year in September 2026, compared with −0.2% in August 2026.
The level stood at 95.60 (Index (2021=100)).
Among the 43 economies Makrognosis covers on this measure, it is the 8th lowest.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −28.7% (Apr 2020) to 35.9% (Apr 2021), averaging −0.1%.

- Source agency: Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
- Makrognosis code: `IT.RETSALES.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: Index (2021=100)
- Coverage: 2000-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (321 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/italy/retail-sales

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 95.60 | 0.2 |
| August 2026 | 95.60 | −0.2 |
| July 2026 | 95.50 | −0.5 |
| June 2026 | 96.10 | 0.3 |
| May 2026 | 96.20 | 1.1 |
| April 2026 | 96.10 | 0.4 |
| March 2026 | 96.40 | 1.7 |
| February 2026 | 95.80 | 0.0 |
| January 2026 | 96.00 | 0.3 |
| December 2025 | 95.60 | −0.9 |
| November 2025 | 96.40 | 1.3 |
| October 2025 | 95.90 | −0.3 |
| September 2025 | 95.40 | −2.0 |
| August 2025 | 95.80 | −0.2 |
| July 2025 | 96.00 | −0.3 |
| June 2025 | 95.80 | 0.0 |
| May 2025 | 95.20 | −1.0 |
| April 2025 | 95.70 | −0.2 |
| March 2025 | 94.80 | −1.5 |
| February 2025 | 95.80 | −0.5 |
| January 2025 | 95.70 | −0.3 |
| December 2024 | 96.50 | 0.7 |
| November 2024 | 95.20 | −1.4 |
| October 2024 | 96.20 | 0.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.RETSALES.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/IT.RETSALES.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```