Retail sales down 10.5% in April - ISTAT

(ANSA) - Rome, June 5 - Retail sales fell by 10.5% in value terms in April with respect to March, ISTAT said on Friday.
    The national statistics agency said that the drop was caused by a strong fall in sales of non-food goods, which were down 24%.
    It said this was "down to the closure of many business for the entire month because of the COVID-19 emergency".
    It said sales of food goods rose by 0.6%.
    It said retail sales as a whole were down 26,3% in year-on-year terms.
    The agency said that, despite the overall decline, e-commerce sales were up 27.1%.