The Christmas rush started in Germany and in Hungary

The traffic is much higher than in the same period of last year. According to the German Trade Association (HDE); the flat screen TVs, jewelry, watches and the games are the best sellers.

Hungarian retail shows a similar trend as well. The previous year's decline this year stops for sure, a slight increase is expected, compared to last year.

The German stores expect a 2.5 percent turnover increase this year. The German stores only in the Advent period, realized sales of 77 billion euros . reports Világgazdaság Online.