Italian retail sales dropped by 1% in value terms in October with respect to September and by 1.1% in volume terms, ISTAT said on Monday.
Sales were down 2.1% in value terms compared to October 2016 - the biggest year-on-year drop since August 2014, the national statistics agency said.
It said year-on-year sales were down 2.9% in volume terms.
Retail sales had leaped 3.1% in year-on-year terms in September.
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