According to provisional results of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), retail turnover in May 2012 in Germany increased 1.0% in nominal terms and decreased 1.1% in real terms compared with the corresponding month of the previous year. The number of days open for sale was 24 in May 2012 and 26 in May 2011. When adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations (CENSUS-X-12-ARIMA), the May turnover was in nominal terms 0.1% larger and in real terms 0.3% smaller than that in April 2012. Compared with the previous year, turnover in retail trade was in the first five months of 2012 in nominal terms 2.3% and in real ... (full story)