The expected increase in turnover did not happen

Although they expected a better performance, retail sales in December 2010 were 1.7 percent lower than in the previous month and throughout 2010 they remained 2.3 percent below the level of 2009 – reported KSH. Domestic retail network and mail order companies generated sales of HUF 7,477 billion in 2010, of which HUF 782 billion was realised in December. Food and food type product stores’ volume sales were 2.6 percent lower in December than one month earlier and 2.1 lower in the year 2010 than in 2009.