[Guangdong: The province’s total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 1.3% year-on-year from January to August] On September 21, the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics released a brief summary of Guangdong’s economic operations from January to August 2026. From January to August, the province’s total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 1.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than that from January to July; in August, the total retail sales of consumer goods increased by 2.2% year-on-year, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the previous month. According to the location of the business unit, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas increased by 1.6%, while the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas decreased by 0.8%.