Polish retail sales 0.3% down y/y in March: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went down by 0.3 percent in March at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office reported on Wednesday.

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Sales of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics went up by 12.9 percent, and those of clothing and shoes rose 6.7 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of food, beverages and tobacco products went down by 9.4 percent, while those of fuels dropped 0.1 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 0.6 percent higher than in March 2024, Statistics Poland said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in March were 14.3 percent higher than in February, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: IAR, PAP, stat.gov.pl