Retail sales dropped 0.6% in March
compared to February, according to provisional data released by
Istat on Thursday. The national statistics agency added,
however, that sales were up 2.2% compared to the same month in
2015, with increases both for major retailers (up 2.9%) and
traditional shops (up 1.6%). Istat said retail sales were flat
in the first quarter as a whole with respect to the last three
months of 2015.
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