Press release No. 122 of 29 March 2019
Retail turnover, February 2019
+0.9% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+1.1% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+4.7% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
+5.5% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in February 2019 was in real terms 4.7% and in nominal terms 5.5% larger than in February 2018. The number of days open for sale was 24 in February 2019 and in February 2018.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first two months of 2019 in real terms 3.9% and in nominal terms 4.6% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the February turnover was in real 0.9% and in nominal terms 1.1% higher than in January 2019.
