Press release No. 153 of 30 April 2018
Retail turnover, March 2018
• –0.6% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
• –0.6% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
• +1.3% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
• +2.6% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in March 2018 was in real terms 1.3% and in nominal terms 2.6% larger than in March 2017. The number of days open for sale was 26 in March2018 and 27 in March 2017.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first three months of 2018 in real terms 1.6% and in nominal terms 2.9% larger than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the March turnover was in real terms and in nominal terms 0.6% smaller than that in February 2018.
Every five years, the figures for retail turnover are subject to a regular adaption, which has now been completed. The results now refer to the new base year of 2015.
