This followed month-on-month changes of 0,4% in September 2010 and -1,4% in August 2010.

In real terms, retail trade sales rose by 6,1% year-on-year in October 2010. The highest annual real growth rate was recorded for ‘retailers in pharmaceutical and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries’ (17,4%), followed by ‘retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment’ (17,1%), and ‘retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods’ (9,2%).

Retail trade sales in real terms rose by 5,6% in the three months ended October 2010 compared with the three months ended October 2009. The main contributors to the increase of 5,6% were ‘general dealers’ (4,8% and contributing 1,9 percentage points), ‘retailers in textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods’ (8,0% and contributing 1,5 percentage points) and ‘retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment’ (18,2% and contributing 1,0 percentage point).