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Italian retail trade - April 2024
In April 2024, the seasonally adjusted index fell slightly by 0.1% month-on-month in value terms. Sales volume experienced a larger contraction, decreasing by 0.3%. Over the three months leading to April 2024, the value of sales decreased by 0.2%, while the volume of sales declined by 0.4% compared to the previous three-month period. The value of retail trade, which had been growing since March 2021, showed a year-on-year decline, contracting by 1.9%. Similarly, sales volume dropped by 3.3%. Year-on-year comparison for April 2024 indicates a decrease of 3.8% in large-scale distribution, a decline of 0.5% in ... (full story)