KSH: retail turnover exceeded the same period of the previous year by 3.6 percent and the previous month by 1.2 percent

In food and food-type mixed stores, it expanded by 4.8 percent, in non-food retail by 3.3 percent, and in fuel retail, the volume of sales adjusted for calendar effects essentially did not change compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to seasonally and calendar-adjusted data, the volume of retail trade turnover exceeded the previous month by 1.2 percent.

In food and food-type mixed retail, the volume of turnover increased by 4.8 percent. The sales volume of food-type mixed stores, which account for 76 percent of food retail, increased by 5.1 percent, and that of food, beverage and tobacco specialty stores by 3.9 percent.

The volume of non-food retail trade increased by 3.3 percent overall. The volume of sales in pharmaceutical, medical product and perfume stores increased by 9.4 percent, in furniture and technical goods stores by 4.8 percent, in general stores of industrial goods by 1.7 percent, in second-hand goods stores by 0.3 percent, and remained essentially unchanged in textile, clothing and footwear stores, as well as in book, computer and other industrial goods stores.

The KSH report shows that the volume of mail-order and online retail trade, which covers a wide range of goods and accounts for 8.2 percent of retail trade, increased by 1.3 percent.