November 30 (SeeNews) - Slovenia's retail sales volume increased by 2.3% on the year in October, after expanding by an annual 7.0% in September, data from the country's statistical office showed on Thursday.
October was the month with the lowest growth rate of retail sales volume, year-on-year, in 2017, the data indicated.
On a monthly comparison basis, retail trade turnover in terms of volume was 1.3% lower in October, following a 0.3% decrease in September.
In 2016, Slovenia's retail sales growth accelerated to 3.8% from 0.7% in the prior year.
Details follow (pct change):
| |
Oct y/y |
Sept y/y |
Oct m/m |
Sept m/m |
| Retail trade volume, total |
2.3 |
7.0 |
-1.3 |
-0.3 |
| - food |
3.8 |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
-0.8 |
| - non-food |
3.0 |
4.9 |
-0.8 |
0.3 |
| - fuel |
-1.7 |
16.0 |
1.2 |
-3.8 |