Stagnating sales in retail units

Retail turnover did not change from January last year, but compared with the previous month sales augmented by 0.7 percent in January 2011. Domestic retail network and mail order companies generated sales of HUF 514 billion in January. Food and food type product stores realised a 0.3 percent higher turnover in terms of volume than twelve months earlier; compared with December 2010 volume sales declined by 0.8 percent.