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Italy retail sales fall 0.5% m/m in March
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Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Italy's retail sales dropped 0.5% in March, following a slight rise in February. Year-on-year sales fell 2.8%, with consumer prices increasing by 2.1%, according to ISTAT.
(Reuters) -Italian retail sales fell 0.5% in March from the month before, data showed on Wednesday, following a 0.1% rise in February.
Sales fell 2.8% in unadjusted year-on-year terms in March, ISTAT said.
The data are expressed in value terms and are not adjusted for consumer prices, which increased 2.1% in March from the year earlier, based on Italy's EU-harmonised index(HICP).
ISTAT gave the following data:
Mar Feb Jan
Mth/Mth change* -0.5 +0.1 -0.4
Yr/yr change** -2.8 -1.4r +0.9
Food sales (m/m) -0.5 +0.2r -0.4r
Non-food sales (m/m) -0.3 0.0 -0.5
*seasonally adjusted
**unadjusted
r=revised
(Reporting by Enrico Sciacovelli, editing by Valentina Consiglio)
The main topic is the decline in Italy's retail sales by 0.5% in March, as reported by ISTAT.
Consumer prices increased by 2.1% in March compared to the previous year, based on the EU-harmonised index.
Both food and non-food sectors experienced a decline in sales during March.
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