Görögország - Kiskereskedelmi forgalom (év/év)

Retail sales in Greece surged 5.2 percent year-on-year in September 2019, following an upwardly revised 2.2 percent rise in the previous month. It was the biggest annual gain in retail trade since February 2017, mainly boosted by furniture, electrical equipment & household equipment (15.1 percent vs 11.4 percent in August); clothing & footwear (10.3 percent vs -0.2 percent); pharmaceutical products and cosmetics (5.6 percent vs 5.1 percent); automotive fuel (4.2 percent vs 1.4 percent in August) and department stores rebounded (2.8 percent vs -6.9 percent). On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales went up 1.5 percent, after increasing 2.2 percent in the previous month.

Greece's retail trade slumped 3 percent from a year earlier in July 2019, reversing a revised 2.4 percent growth in the previous month, led by lower sales of pharmaceutical products, cosmetics (-8.0 percent vs -2.6 percent), clothing and footwear (-5.6 percent vs 8.9 percent), food, beverages and tobacco (-14.3 percent vs -0.7 percent), and automotive fuel (-1.0 percent vs 5.4 percent). Also, sales at department stores plunged 20.1 percent (vs -18.4 percent in June).

Greece's retail trade increased 2.3 percent from a year earlier in June 2019, recovering from a revised 2.2 percent drop in the previous month, boosted by sales of home appliances and furniture, apparel, footwear, fuels and lubricants.

Greece’s retail trade dropped 2.4 percent from a year earlier in May of 2019, following a downwardly revised 2.6 percent fall in the previous month. Sales continued to decline at department stores (-20.2 percent vs -19.7 percent in April) and super markets (-2.4 percent vs -2.8 percent). Sales fell further for food, beverages & tobacco (-9.8 percent vs -6.6 percent) while those of automotive fuel (-2.3 percent vs -5.2 percent) and pharmaceutical products & cosmetic (-2.4 percent vs -6 percent) decreased at a softer pace. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales went up 0.3 percent, rebounding from a 3.7 percent slump in April.

Greece's retail trade slumped 2.7 percent from a year earlier in April 2019, following an upwardly revised 5.0 percent jump in the previous month, led lower by deapartment stores (-18.2 percent vs -10.5 percent), food and beverages (-7.1 percent vs 1.9 percent), pharmaceuticals and cosmetics (-6.8 percent vs -1.7 percent).

Retail trade in Greece fell 3.3 percent from a year earlier in February of 2019, following an upwardly revised 3.2 percent decrease in the previous month. It was the third straight monthly decline, as sales fell further in the food sector (-5.9 percent from -0.6 percent in January), namely in supermarkets (-6.9 percent from -0.1 percent). Meanwhile, sales dropped at a softer pace in department stores (-11.9 percent from -14 percent), for food, beverages & tobacco (-0.3 percent from -4.7 percent); pharmaceutical products & cosmetics (-6.1 percent from -9 percent) and clothing & footwear (-4.1 percent from -13.1 percent). On a monthly basis, retail trade increased 0.4 percent, recovering from a 2 percent decline in January.