LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), October 25 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's retail sales turnover grew by 1.4% year-on-year in September, after increasing by 5.3% in August, the statistical office said on Friday.
On a monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover edged down 0.7% in September, after remaining unchanged in August, the statistical office said in a statement.
In January-September, retail sales rose 6.6% on the year.
In 2018, Slovenia's retail sales increased by 4.7%, 3.5 percentage points below the 2017 growth rate.
Details on Slovenia's retail trade turnover follow (pct change):
|
Sept y/y |
Aug y/y |
Sept m/m |
Aug m/m |
Jan-Sept y/y |
Retail trade turnover |
1.4 |
5.3 |
-0.7 |
0.0 |
6.6 |
- food |
-2.7 |
4.4 |
-4.6 |
1.6 |
2.0 |
- non-food |
4.3 |
3.9 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
5.8 |
- fuel |
0.8 |
6.5 |
1.0 |
-2.2 |
11.5 |