The retail on slope

According to the Central Statistical Office; the retail sales volume adjusted from calendary effects, decreased by 5 percent, in the first 11 months of 2009. In November, it was 7.8 percent below, compared to the same period of the last year.

The volume of retail sales declined in every months, since March 2007, on an annual comparison.
In October last year, turnover declined by 0.6 percent, compared to the datas of the previous month. The retail store sales in the first ten months of 2009 decreased by 4.7, in October by 7.5 percent on constant prices, compared to the same perriod of the previous year.
In the first 11 months of last year in the retail stores and mail-order retailing 6524 billion HUF worth goods were sold and 617.5 billion HUF was realized in November.