- as to the less significant types of sale, above the May 2004 level was sale via mail order houses (+10.2%), sale via stalls and markets and other non-store retail sale (+3.4%) and sale of second-hand goods in stores (+2.9%).
In May, according to Eurostat estimates, seasonally adjusted retail sales in the EU25 were up by 0.8% m-o-m and 2.1% y-o-y (working days adjusted). Among member states for which data were available, y-o-y increases in sales were observed in Lithuania (+12.6%), Denmark (+10.3%), Slovakia (+9.2%), Finland (+6.6%), Slovenia (+5.6%), Sweden (+4.8%), Germany (+3.7%), Belgium (+2.9%), Portugal (+2.6%), Spain (+2.2%), France (+1.5%), and the United Kingdom (+1.3%). Decreases were reported for Luxembourg (-3.5%) and Poland (-0.7%).
Czech Republic Statistical Office
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