Press release No. 434 of 30 November 2017
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in October 2017 was in real terms 1.4 % smaller and in nominal terms 0.3 % larger than that in October 2016. The number of days open for sale was 24 in October 2017 and 25 in October 2016.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first ten months of 2017 in real terms 2.4 % and in nominal terms 4.3 % larger than in in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the October 2017 turnover was in real terms 1.2 % and in nominal terms 1.0 % smaller than that in September 2017.