EU, Euro zone retail sales up in February
European Union statistics agency Eurostat disclosed that the volume of retail trade in February rose 1% year on year in the Euro zone and 1.9% year on year in the European Union (EU).
The retail sales index rose 0.3% in the Euro zone and 0.4% in EU compared to January 2005.
Slovakia (12.5%),
Lithuania (9%),
Denmark (8.2%),
Sweden (4.3%), the
UK (3.6%),
Portugal (3.1%),
Spain (2.4%),
France (2.1%),
Germany (1.1%) and
Poland (0.1%) saw increase in retail sales. However,
Luxembourg and
Belgium experienced decline of 3.7% and 0.6% respectively.