According to the report from Federal Statistical Office (FSO), turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 0.3% in nominal terms in September 2020 compared with the previous year. Seasonally adjusted, nominal turnover fell by 3.6% compared with the previous month. 

Real turnover adjusted for sales days and holidays rose in the retail sector by 0.3% in September 2020 compared with the previous year. Real growth takes inflation into consideration. Compared with the previous month, real, seasonally adjusted retail trade turnover registered a decline of 3.6%.

Adjusted for sales days and holidays, the retail sector excluding service stations showed a 1.0% increase in nominal turnover in September 2020 compared with September 2019 (in real terms +1.5%). Turnover at service stations continued its decline at –15.1% in nominal terms (–3.8% in real terms).

Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered an increase in nominal turnover of 5.6% (in real terms +5.1%), whereas the non-food sector registered a nominal negative of 3.1% (in real terms –2.0%).

Excluding service stations, the retail sector showed a seasonally adjusted decline in nominal turnover of 3.4% compared with the previous month (in real terms –3.3%). Retail sales of food, drinks and tobacco registered an increase the name and the nominal minus of 3.2% (in real terms -3.3%). The non-food sector showed a minus of 3.9% (in real terms –3.7%).