In January 2024, on an annual basis, retail sales increased by 1% in value and decreased in volume by 2.1%.
This was revealed by Istat, reporting a cyclical decline of 0.1% in value and 0.3% in volume.
On a monthly basis, sales of food goods are stationary in value and record a decrease of 0.4% in volume, while those of non-food goods suffer a slight decline both in value (-0.1%) and in volume (-0 ,2%).
On a trend basis, sales of food goods are growing in value (+2.4%) and decreasing in volume (-2.8%);
those of non-food goods fell both in value (-0.2%) and in volume (-1.6%).
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