The European Union's statistics office Eurostat released the following data on retail sales in
the euro zone in June.
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the previous month*
Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19
EA19
Total retail trade 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1 -0.6 1.1
Food, drinks, tobacco 0.0 0.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.8 1.2
Non-food products (except automotive fuel), 1.6 1.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 1.1
of which:
Textiles, clothing, footwear -0.5 2.3 0.0 -1.4 -1.1 3.5
Electrical goods and furniture 1.7 0.9 0.6 -0.6 0.1 0.7
Computer equipment, books and other 3.3 1.2 -0.5 0.7 -0.1 0.5
Pharmaceutical and medical goods 1.6 0.5 -1.3 1.2 0.1 0.8
Mail orders and internet 1.8 1.6 2.6 -0.8 0.7 1.0
Automotive fuel in specialised stores 1.4 -0.4 -0.7 -0.1 -1.5 1.6
Volume of retail trade
% change compared with the same month of the previous year*
Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19
EA19
Total retail trade 2.1 2.9 2.0 2.1 1.0 2.6
Food, drinks, tobacco 1.6 0.9 0.4 2.2 -0.4 0.8
Non-food products (except automotive fuel), 2.2 4.6 3.6 1.8 2.2 4.1
of which:
Textiles, clothing, footwear -1.8 2.9 1.8 -4.7 -2.6 2.9
Electrical goods and furniture 1.7 3.8 3.8 2.1 2.0 2.8
Computer equipment, books and other 3.6 6.0 4.9 3.6 3.6 4.3
Pharmaceutical and medical goods 2.6 3.5 1.7 2.2 3.2 3.3
Mail orders and internet 6.4 9.5 10.0 7.6 8.9 7.5
Automotive fuel in specialised stores 3.9 2.6 1.6 1.6 -0.9 1.0
The analysts polled by Reuters expected a rise of 0.2% m/m and a rise of 1.3% y/y in June retail
sales.
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