Press release No. 072 of 4 March 2020
Retail turnover, January 2020
+0.9% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+1.2% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
+1.8% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
+3.0% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in January 2020 was in real terms 1.8% and in nominal terms 3.0% larger than in January 2019. The number of days open for sale was 26 in January 2020 and in January 2019.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations, the January 2020 turnover was in real terms 0.9% and in nominal terms 1.2% higher than in December 2019.
