FMCG retail down by 4.9% in August

Retail trade in FMCG stores fell by 4.9 percent year-on-year in August, according to estimates from the Polish Trade Chamber (PIH). In month-on-month terms it fell by 3.2 percent, said Joanna Chilicka, spokesperson for the chamber. The chamber calculates the estimates based on a survey of small, medium-sized and large stores belonging to PIH members, who control about 20 percent of the FMCG retail market.