Retail sales dropped by 0.1% in
value terms in August with respect to July and by 0.2% in volume
terms, Istat said on Wednesday.
The national statistics agency said the drop was
spearheaded by a 0.8% fall in food sales in value terms.
It added that retail sales were 0.2% down with respect to
August 2015 in value terms and 0.8% lower in volume terms.
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