Polish retail sales 4.7% down y/y in June: stats office

Retail sales in Poland went down by 4.7 percent in June at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s statistics office reported on Friday.

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Sales of newspapers and books decreased by 16.6 percent last month in year-on-year terms, and those of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics fell by 14.4 percent, the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of food, beverages and tobacco products went down by 3.8 percent, and those of clothing and shoes decreased 1.9 percent, according to Statistics Poland.

Sprzedaż detaliczna w cenach stałych w czerwcu 2023 r. była niższa niż przed rokiem o 4,7% . W porównaniu z majem 2023 r. notowano wzrost sprzedaży detalicznej o 0,9%.https://t.co/3ok2QQbTue#GUS #statystyki #SprzedażDetaliczna #DynamikaCen #ceny #handel pic.twitter.com/Ezk6GYsiIV

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In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 2.1 percent higher than in June 2022, Statistics Poland said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in June were 0.9 percent higher than in May, the statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl