Retail sales up in Euro zone, EU
Based on the data released by the European Union statistics office Eurostat, retail sales rose 1.4% year on year in the Euro zone and 2.1% year on year in the 25 member states of the European Union (EU) in March 2005.
Among the member states, total retail trade rose in
Denmark (8.2%),
Slovakia (8.1%),
Sweden (8%),
Portugal (4.3%), the
UK (3.8%),
Lithuania (3.5%),
Belgium (2.7%),
Luxembourg (2.6%),
Spain (1.8%) and
Germany (0.6%), while the only fall was recorded in
Poland (-5.7%).