Singapore Retail Sales Fall 0.4% in January, Dragged by Later Chinese New Year Timing
TigerNews SG13:17
Retail sales in Singapore swung to a 0.4% year-on-year decline in January 2026, as the shift in Chinese New Year (CNY) timing from January to February stripped out a major spending boost compared with a year earlier.
The decline reversed the revised 2.5% growth recorded in December 2025, data from the Department of Statistics showed on Thursday (Mar 5).
Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales tumbled 2.8% against December’s 1.8% expansion.
On a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, retail sales rose 6.1%, reversing December’s 2.7% contraction.
Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 7.1% in January on a seasonally adjusted month-on-month basis, against a decline of 3.4% the month prior.
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