Retail sales dip 1.2% in June

Total retail sales in June were estimated at $4.0b.

Singapore’s retail sales fell 1.2% in June 2025 from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to data released by the Department of Statistics on Monday.

Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales declined 1.4%—marking the second straight monthly drop in core retail activity.

In June, sales of computer & telecommunications equipment plunged 5.1% MoM, whilst supermarkets & hypermarkets dropped 3.8%, and minimarts fell 4.1%.

Only a few categories showed gains. Department stores saw a 3.7% rise in sales, whilst watches & jewellery were up 3.0% over the month.

Total retail sales in June were estimated at $4.0b, with online sales accounting for 13.6% of that figure.

Reaching the people who run Asia's businesses is harder than it used to be.

Inboxes are crowded. Attention is short. The executives you most want to reach — the founders, CFOs, and operators who actually move budgets — are the hardest to find through the usual channels. If you're building a company, a category, or a reputation, you already know this.

We've spent twenty years building the room they read. Singapore Business Review is where senior decision makers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia come for business coverage they can't get elsewhere — in print, online, and in person at the summits and roundtables we host across seven markets.

If you have something these readers should know about — a point of view worth publishing, a product worth their attention, an event worth their time — we'd like to hear what you're trying to do.

Book a meeting

| Or download the media kit (PDF)

240,000 senior readers quarterly in print Top 1,700 Singapore companies reached

7 markets across Southeast Asia