Istat: consumption, sales +0.3% in volume rise in February

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In February Retail sales increased on an annual basis by 2.4% in value and recorded an increase in volume of 0.3%. Sales of food goods grew by 3.9% in value and 0.4% in volume; a similar trend is observed for those of non-food goods (respectively +1.1% in value and +0.5% in volume). The recovery in consumption is also recorded on a monthly basis with a growth of 0.1% in both value and volume. Both the sales of food goods (+0.1% in value and volume) and those of non-food goods (+0.2% in value and volume) are slightly increasing. This was reported by Istat.