IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

Retail trade sales at constant (2000) prices, for the three months ended October 2008, decreased by 4,5% compared with the three months ended October 2007. Retail trade sales at constant (2000) prices for the same period in 2007 increased by 3,4%.

Retail trade sales at constant (2000) prices for October 2008 decreased by 2,3% compared with October 2007. Retail trade sales at constant (2000) prices for the first ten months of 2008 reflected a decrease of 2,2% compared with the first ten months of 2007, while growth for the same period in 2007 was 6,6%.

Retail trade sales at current prices, for the three months ended October 2008, increased by 11,6% compared with the three months ended October 2007. The major contributors to this increase were general dealers (+5,6 percentage points), retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods (+2,1 percentage points), retail trade in specialised food, beverages and tobacco stores (+1,5 percentage points), and all other retailers (+1,4 percentage points). Retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment contributed negatively (-0,5 of a percentage point) to the change in retail trade sales.

Retail trade sales at current prices for October 2008 increased by 13,1% compared with October 2007, while sales for the corresponding period in 2007 increased by 10,2%.