According to provisional data, turnover in retail trade in October 2018 was in real terms 5.0% and in nominal terms 7.1% larger than in October 2017. The number of days open for sale was 26 in October 2018 and 24 in October 2017.

Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first ten months of 2018 in real terms 1.4% and in nominal terms 3.1% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year.