Press release No. 330 of 30 August 2019
Retail turnover, July 2019
-2.2% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
-2.1% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+4.4% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
+5.4% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in July 2019 was in real terms 4.4% and in nominal terms 5.4% larger than in July 2018. The number of days open for sale was 27 in July 2019 and 26 in July 2018.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first seven months of 2019 in real terms 2.8% and in nominal terms 3.5% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the July turnover was in real terms 2.2% and in nominal terms 2.1% lower than in June 2019.