Press release No. 326 of 31 August 2018
Retail turnover, July 2018
- -0.4% on the previous month (in real terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
- -0.9% on the previous month (in nominal terms, calendar and seasonally adjusted, provisional)
- +0.8% on the same month a year earlier (in real terms, provisional)
- +2.3% on the same month a year earlier (in nominal terms, provisional)
WIESBADEN – According to provisional data turnover in retail trade in July 2018 was in real terms 0.8% and in nominal terms 2.3% larger than in July 2017. The number of days open for sale was 26 in July 2018 and in July 2017.
Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first seven months of 2018 in real terms 1.4% and in nominal terms 3.0% larger than in the corresponding period of the previous year.
When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (Census-X-12-ARIMA), the July turnover was in real terms 0.4% and in nominal terms 0.9% lower than that in June 2018.
