Eurostat: Retail sales up by 5.7% in August

The volume of seasonally adjusted retail trade in Poland grew by 5.7 percent year-on-year in August, according to a data release from the EU’s statistics office Eurostat. In month-on-month terms, it increased by 1.1 percent. Throughout the EU retail trade increased by 2.6 percent y/y and was flat in month-on-month terms. According to the Polish Central Statistical Office, retail sales fell by 0.3  percent y/y in August.