Retail sales up in September
14/11/2005 - 13:49:43The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office says the volume of retail sales increased by 5% in September compared to the same time last year. There was a monthly decrease of 0.5%.
The CSO says that if motor trades are excluded, the annual increase was 6% and the monthly change was an increase of 1.2%.
The figures show that the value of retail sales grew by 7.2% in September 2005 compared to September 2004 and increased by 0.6% in the month. However, if motor trades are excluded, the annual increase was 6.8% and the monthly change was a rise of 1.5%.
