Adjusted for sales days and holidays, the retail sector excluding service stations showed a 0.1% decrease in nominal turnover in February 2018 compared with February 2017 (in real terms -0.2%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered an increase in nominal turnover of 0.8% (in real terms +1.1%), whereas the non-food sector registered a nominal negative of 1.0% (in real terms -0.7%).