Italian retail sales were down
0.8% in value terms and 0.7% in volume in September with respect
to August, ISTAT said on Wednesday.
The national statistics agency said sales dropped 2.5% in
value terms compared to the same month in 2017 and 2.8% in
volume terms.
"Despite a fall in both year-on-year and month-on-month
growth rates, the underlying pattern in the data, as suggested
by the three-month on three-month movement, continued to show
growth. While the value was up 0.3%, the volume was up 0.2%,"
ISTAT said.
"The retail trade index for large scale distribution was down
1.2% and small scale distribution decreased by 4.3% when
compared with the same period a year earlier.
"The value of sales made online rose by 2.7% compared with
September 2017".
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