Retail Turnover Down by 1.2%

BusinessEconomy ♦ Published: November 9, 2011; 19:40 ♦ (Vindobona)

Sales volume of food retail trade was up by 0.3% in the first nine months of the year while the non-food sector registered a decline by 1.3%.

Retail Turnover Down by 1.2% / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In the first nine months of 2011, preliminary turnover results of Austrian retail trade (excluding trade of motor vehicles) fell in real terms by 1.2%, compared to the same period of the year before, according to calculations by Statistics Austria. In nominal terms, an increase of 2.6% was registered. Excluding turnover of petrol stations, the retail trade results were up by 2.3%…