Retail sales volume dropped 12 percent in November 2010 compared with November 2009, after a decline of 11.1 percent recorded in the 2009/2008 period, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Monday.
The statistics service, in a report, attributed this development to a 26.6 percent drop in furniture-electrical appliances-home appliances, a 12.5 percent drop in pharmaceuticals-cosmetics and 10.7 percent fall in fuel and lubricants, an 8.8 percent decline in large food stores and a 6.1 percent fall in bookstores.
The retail sales turnover index fell 6.3 percent in November, after a decline of 9.2 percent recorded in the same month in 2009.
source:ana-mpa
