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Volume of retail trade up by 1.1% in euro area
In January 2015 compared with December 2014, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade1 rose by 1.1% in the euro area2 (EA19) and by 0.8% in the EU282, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In December3 retail trade rose by 0.4% in both zones. In January 2015 compared with January 20144 the retail sales index increased by 3.7% in the euro area and by 4.0% in the EU28. The 1.1% increase in the volume of retail trade in the euro area in January 2015, compared with December 2014, is due to rises of 3.2% for automotive fuel, of 1.2% for the non-food sector and of 1.0% ... (full story)