February retail trade turnover plunge 8%

Retail trade turnover dropped 8% in February from the same period of last year, largely due to the sharp drop in food and non-food sales and fuels, data from the National Institute of Statistics show.Indicators don’t cover vehicles and motorcycles sales and are adjusted for working days and seasonal effects. In gross series, the retail trade shrank 8.1% year-on-year.In January, the retail trade fell by seasonally-adjusted 10.3% YoY.In the second month of 2010, non-food, ...

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