01.11.2024 - Turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 1.0% in nominal terms in September 2024 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 0.5% compared with the previous month. These are provisional findings from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
Real turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 2.2% in September 2024 compared with the previous year. Real growth takes inflation into consideration. Compared with the previous month, real, seasonally adjusted retail trade turnover registered a decline of 0.5%.
Retail sector excluding service stations
Adjusted for sales days and holidays, the retail sector excluding service stations showed a 1.6% increase in nominal turnover in September 2024 compared with September 2023 (in real terms +2.8%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered an increase in nominal turnover of 0.1% (in real terms -0.4%), whereas the non-food sector registered a nominal plus of 3.5% (in real terms +6.0%).
Excluding service stations, the retail sector showed a seasonally adjusted decline in nominal turnover of 0.2% compared with the previous month (in real terms -0.3%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered a nominal minus of 1.5% (in real terms -1.8%). The non-food sector showed a plus of 0.7% (in real terms +1.0%).
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