OKSZ: retail sales in December may exceed 1000 billion HUF

Traders expect a huge Christmas rush. The National Retail Federation (OKSZ) expects total retail sales to be approximately 50 billion HUF more in December than in the last month of the previous year, thus exceeding 1000 billion HUF.

The organization in its Wednesday's release recalled: According to the data of the Central Statistical Office (KSH), in the first nine months of this year the sales of the supermarkets and shops increased by 5 percent. (MTI)