April 26 (SeeNews) - Slovenia's retail sales volume edged down by 0.5% on the year in March, after dropping by an annual 1.6% in February, data from the country's statistical office showed on Thursday.
On a monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover in terms of volume was 0.5% higher in March, following a 0.4% drop in February.
In 2017, Slovenia posted retail sales growth of 8.2%, 4.2 percentage points higher than in 2016.
Details follow (pct change):
|
March y/y |
Feb y/y |
March m/m |
Feb m/m |
Retail trade volume, total |
-0.5 |
-1.6 |
0.5 |
-0.4 |
- food |
-4.2 |
-4.1 |
-0.4 |
1.1 |
- non-food |
-3.7 |
3.1 |
-1.4 |
-0.9 |
- fuel |
3.5 |
-5.5 |
4.0 |
-3.2 |