Press release No. 113 of 31 March 2016
WIESBADEN – According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in February 2016 in Germany increased in real terms and in nominal terms (also) 5.4% compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 25 in February 2016 and 24 in February 2015.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first two months of 2016 in real terms 2.0% and in nominal terms 2.2% larger than in in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the February turnover was in real terms and in nominal terms 0.4% smaller than that in January 2016.