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Polish retail sales 5.4% up y/y in August: stats office

21.09.2021 10:15
Retail sales in Poland went up by 5.4 percent in August at constant prices compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Tuesday.
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As the economy bounces back from the coronavirus pandemic, sales of clothing and shoes soared by 28.6 percent in Poland last month in year-on-year terms, and those of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics went up by 7.5 percent, the state-run statistics agency said.

Meanwhile, sales of furniture, household appliances and consumer electronics inched up by 0.1 percent, and those of food, beverages and tobacco products decreased by 1.3 percent, according to the Central Statistical Office.

In terms of current prices, retail sales last month were 10.7 percent higher than in August 2020, the Central Statistical Office said.

In month-on-month terms, retail sales in August were 1 percent lower than in Julythe statistics office also reported.

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Source: PAP, stat.gov.pl