{"id":"france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","canonicalSlug":"france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","language":"en","title":"French trade sales volume edges down 0.1% in August","summary":"Insee’s volume index for all trade was nearly unchanged in August after a 0.4% July decline; wholesale and vehicle trade fell while retail sales rose.","body":["The volume of sales across French trade slipped 0.1% in August, following a 0.4% decline in July, Insee reported. Wholesale trade excluding motor vehicles fell 0.2%, and motor-vehicle trade also declined; retail trade increased 0.3%.","The figures are seasonally and calendar adjusted. Insee lowered July’s monthly change by 0.3 percentage points to −0.4% after late company returns were included."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"French trade sales volume edges down 0.1% in August\n\nInsee’s volume index for all trade was nearly unchanged in August after a 0.4% July decline; wholesale and vehicle trade fell while retail sales rose.\n\nThe volume of sales across French trade slipped 0.1% in August, following a 0.4% decline in July, Insee reported. Wholesale trade excluding motor vehicles fell 0.2%, and motor-vehicle trade also declined; retail trade increased 0.3%.\n\nThe figures are seasonally and calendar adjusted. Insee lowered July’s monthly change by 0.3 percentage points to −0.4% after late company returns were included.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","non-oil-economy"],"eventDate":"2026-10-21","eventDateBasis":"source-publication-date","publishedAt":"2026-10-22T12:25:38Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-22T12:25:38Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-22T12:19:05Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-21","translatedAt":"2026-10-22T12:17:52Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/9091152","name":"Insee","checkedAt":"2026-10-22","attribution":"Insee source published 2026-10-21; factual details paraphrased. No source prose or media reproduced. No open reuse licence identified.","publishedAt":"2026-10-21"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/france-insee-retail-trade-volume-august-2026"},"corrections":[],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"FR","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["statistical-estimate"],"measurementPeriod":{"to":"2026-08","from":"2026-08","precision":"month"}}}